Culture

Americans with bachelor's degrees now account for 25% of unemployed workers, a historic high. AI-vulnerable occupations see sharp joblessness spikes as the white-collar labor market undergoes structural transformation.

Pete Hegseth's micromanagement of mid-level military promotions reveals a broader campaign to reshape the armed forces through political loyalty rather than merit.

Trump administration uses FCC rules to block CBS from airing political interviews, raising questions about media freedom and government overreach in entertainment.

Stephen Colbert publicly defied CBS after being banned from airing an interview, revealing the Trump administration's expanding crackdown on speech despite campaign promises of defending free expression.

While tech enthusiasts use AI agents to collapse months of work into hours, most Americans remain stuck with basic chatbots. The post-ChatGPT era has arrived, but not everyone got the memo.

The US and Iran resume nuclear negotiations in 2026 amid military tensions and hardened positions since the 2015 deal collapsed. Both sides express optimism, but fundamental disagreements remain over missiles, proxies, and uranium enrichment limits.

A blue whale's call triggers cargo ships to reduce speed through AI detection systems. This Santa Barbara project hints at civilization's next evolutionary leap - planetary intelligence.

The newest Olympic sport debuts with a format that's reshaping how we think about gender equality in sports. Is this the future of athletic competition?

In 1912, Clementine Barnabet confessed to axe murders that terrorized the South. But she was in jail when half the killings occurred. How media sensationalism created a monster.

In the 1930s, Finland's Lapua movement nearly toppled democracy until collective action stopped it cold. What can today's threatened democracies learn from this remarkable turnaround?

American children weren't picky eaters until the 20th century. How did we go from kids eating oysters and organ meat to mac and cheese battles?

Seven decades after the landmark Brown v. Board ruling, U.S. public schools remain deeply segregated. Three generations of Black students reveal the persistent reality of educational inequality.