The U.S. spends about half of its $6 trillion budget on three government entitlements: Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. When it comes to the national debt, cutting these benefits is often part of the cost-cutting conversation. In this episode, we hear how these entitlements grew to be so costly and why reducing them has been so difficult historically. Plus, the layoff that allowed one woman to focus on her small business, and the economic impact of university divestment.
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Ye has entered the arena. Entering the beef streets with the “Hooligans,” Ye has added a spin on the “Like That” beat and says he has K Dot’s back. Reigniting the beef, Ye referred to Universal Music Group CEO as Drake’s “master”: Where Lucian, serve you master niggaYou caught a lil bag for your Masters […] The post Ye Details Why J. Cole’s Music Should Not be Played Around Women on “Like That” Remix first appeared on The Source.
Former University of Southern California running back Reggie Bush had his Heisman Trophy from the 2005 season officially reinstated this week. On Thursday, April 25, Bush was seen lugging the trophy around LA Memorial Coliseum ahead of a press conference to address the reinstatement of his Heisman. The Heisman Trust decided to give Bush his […]
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Late-night hosts discuss the South Dakota governor and possible Trump VP pick revealing she killed her family dog Late-night hosts talk about Kristi Noem’s puppy-killing admission and Donald Trump’s day off from court. Continue reading
I remember a time not that long ago when tech was regarded as a gateway to a better, more equitable future. And those tech titans were lauded as heroes geniuses who would help us usher in this better, cleaner, more prosperous era. — Read the rest
In 2021, economists from the University of California Berkeley and the University of Chicago conducted a study that found that job applicants with traditionally Black-sounding names were called back for an interview 10 per cent less than their white counterparts.The study developed from research conducted by professors at the University of Chicago two decades ago. According to the university, the 2003 findings exposed that resumes with white-sounding names were 50% more likely to get hired than...
Scientific studies cannot agree on the relative importance of genes and environment on how we turn out as adultsThe eternal mystery of how much we are shaped by our parents – or how much we shape our children – was stirred again last week with the publication of a study that suggests that we are less like our parents than we had previously thought.Led by René Mõttus of Edinburgh University’s department of psychology, the study looked at more than 1,000 pairs of relatives to establish how likely...
Germany’s complicity with Turkey’s repressive regime worries me more than its döner diplomacy“Nazis eat döner kebabs in secret,” must be one of the dumbest slogans I have seen at German protests against the far right. Yes, the popularity of the kebab in Germany has become something of a symbol of labour migration from Turkey after the second world war. And yes, Nazis get hungry, too. So what? If the consumption of ethnic-minority food was really an obstacle to the ideology of white supremacy,...
In the case of Ilhan Omar and her daughter Isra Hirsi, the apple truly doesn’t fall far from the tree. Hirsi stole the spotlight on MSNBC after being kicked out of Barnard College for her actions related to anti-Israel protests on campus. “Do other student groups have this kind of target on their back, or do you feel that you are being targeted because of the fact that it is in solidarity with Palestinians and against what Israel is doing to Palestinians?” the MSNBC host asked Hirsi. ...
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh say we're only slightly more likely to share personality traits with our parents than we are with a random stranger.