Economy
It will take hometown heroes to fix broken towns
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio — Greg Bricker is tired of his community looking through the rearview mirror to an idyllic past, rather than looking forward and trying to…
September 10, 2019
Healthcare
Obesity as a protected class
Retailers feature plus-size models. “Fat influencers” have seen success on social media. Doctor groups have framed obesity as a disease that goes beyond willpower. But public attitudes…
Magazine - Features
Monica Lewinsky gets the last laugh
Monica Lewinsky stood on a stage in Vancouver, Canada, in 2015 delivering a TED Talk on the effects of public shaming. Breaking the ice with her audience,…
Magazine - Business
Brands come off the sidelines to embrace political and social causes
An increasing number of brands are bucking the long-held trend of keeping their distance from hot-button political and social issues, instead choosing to embrace sustainability, LGBT rights,…
Magazine - Features
American socialism is the worst
The specter of socialism is haunting the United States. More Americans, particularly younger Americans, have a favorable view of socialism than ever before. Membership in the Democratic…
Beltway Confidential
He got cancer. Los Angeles seized and sold his car
Los Angeles, the city of angels. Otherwise known as the city that confiscates and sells the cars of cancer patients as they lie in the hospital. At…
Magazine - Columnists
Getting Trump’s attention
President Trump doesn’t like long spiels from anyone, including his close advisers, at White House sessions. He has a short attention span if he thinks he’s being…
Magazine - Life & Arts
NFL isn’t out of luck — yet
There have been books, movies, and medical studies on the toll that football takes on players’ bodies. Forty years ago, the movie North Dallas Forty, based on…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Trump impeachment looms large over House fall agenda
House Democrats return to Capitol Hill this week under intense pressure from the party’s base to impeach President Trump. Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who controls the…