The payday loan trap extracts $2.4 billion from America's poorest workers annually at 391% APR — enabled by a 1978 Supreme Court ruling and the CFPB gutting. Here's how it works and who built it.
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The military class divide in America means that working- and middle-class families — not the wealthy — disproportionately bear the human cost of America’s wars. The six U.S. service members killed in Operation Epic Fury during the first week of…
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Sports tickets in America are unaffordable for working-class families — and it’s not an accident. The average sports ticket price for an NFL game hit $158 in 2024, a 40% increase since 2014 alone, while the cost of attending any…
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The mental health crisis in America is not a mystery and it is not an accident. 23.4% of U.S. adults — 61.5 million people — experienced mental illness in 2024. Nearly half of Gen Z always or often feel anxious.…
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Trump bans Anthropic from all federal government use and the Pentagon declares the AI company a “supply chain risk” — the same designation reserved for China’s Huawei — after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to allow the US military to…
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Why are men not going to college? In 2025, men represent only 42% of bachelor’s degrees awarded in the United States — the lowest male share on record — while women account for 60% of undergraduate enrollment, a gap that…
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Why are men not going to college? In 2025, only 42% of college students are male — the lowest share ever recorded — meaning there are now 2.4 million more women than men enrolled in American higher education. This collapse…
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Immigration policy failures United States history span four decades of bipartisan dysfunction: from Reagan’s 1986 amnesty that legalized 2.7 million people while leaving enforcement provisions deliberately underfunded, to Clinton’s militarized border strategy that pushed migrants into lethal desert crossings, to…
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The opioid crisis is the deadliest drug epidemic in American history, and it was built on purpose. Responsibility for the opioid crisis lies with Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, a captured FDA approval process, a gutted DEA enforcement system, and…
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Mexican military killed CJNG leader El Mencho on February 22, 2026. Immediate aftermath: 250+ roadblocks, burning vehicles across 20+ Mexican states, US flight cancellations, tourists stranded, Americans warned to shelter in place. What happens to CJNG now — and what it means for the US border.
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