After large corporate farmers started growing nuts in one southeastern Arizona, local residents’ wells started going dry. The situation is only getting worse.
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Big Pharma Has No Comment, But Would Still Like All Your Tax Dollars
From 2008 to 2016, the amount that state Medicaid programs spend on prescription drugs almost doubled. Why?
Clocking Out
Can we imagine an economy built for free time?
Private Telegram, Public Strife
The precarious future of messaging apps.
Pay the Homeless
It’s time to end the pernicious myth that giving money directly to panhandlers won’t help them.
Nurses, Unite!
What nurses’ unions can teach the Democratic Party.
It’s Time for Hooters to GTFO
My recommendation: a complete rebrand, where all Hooters restaurants are converted into owl sanctuaries.
How the Self-Publishing Industry Changed, Between My First and Second Novels
In the last few years, self-publishing and marketing your own books has become increasingly more difficult.
Nintendo Can Keep a Secret
The untold art of the fairytale comeback, brought to you by Nintendo.
The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor
It’s a recognition that comes in the aisle of a grocery store.
