Who does Obama’s global warming speech affect?
When there’s a speech by a government official talking about policy, there’s always going to be winners and losers. For…
Category: Progress
Why ‘women’s health’ has nothing to do with ‘abortion’
When you think of “women’s health”, what do you think of? Breast cancer? Heart attack symptoms? Fibromyalgia? ThinkProgress and similar…
Why education no longer has anything to do with skill
The original point of education was to teach people skills. And it worked for centuries. People became craftsmen, scientists, artists,…
The downside of having the biggest balls…
If you thought of the ballsiest man in history, you’d probably name someone like Alexander the Great or Martin Luther…
How a police department becomes utterly corrupt
The Lakeland, Florida police department may be one of the most corrupt in the country. A recent investigation showed that…
Another story of police sexually harassing suspects
It seems like every week, we see a story about a cop who in some way sexually harasses a suspect.…
Why you can’t blame men for not wanting to marry
Now that statistics have come out showing that significantly more women are enrolled in college than men, people are wondering—why…
Celebrity releases the anti-celebrity fragrance
Adam Levine is the frontman for Maroon 5, the judge on The Voice, and the guy your girlfriend would leave…
NPR discovers “bros”
NPR lives in a strange, government-funded, hushed-voice realm apart from polite society. So when cultural references usually trickle towards them,…
57 years in Congress meets Google Glass
Rep. John Dingell was first elected to Congress in 1956 and has remained in Congress for an astounding 57 years,…
Why ‘women’s health’ has nothing to do with ‘abortion’
When you think of “women’s health”, what do you think of? Breast cancer? Heart attack symptoms? Fibromyalgia? ThinkProgress and similar…
Why education no longer has anything to do with skill
The original point of education was to teach people skills. And it worked for centuries. People became craftsmen, scientists, artists,…
The downside of having the biggest balls…
If you thought of the ballsiest man in history, you’d probably name someone like Alexander the Great or Martin Luther…
How a police department becomes utterly corrupt
The Lakeland, Florida police department may be one of the most corrupt in the country. A recent investigation showed that…
Another story of police sexually harassing suspects
It seems like every week, we see a story about a cop who in some way sexually harasses a suspect.…
Why you can’t blame men for not wanting to marry
Now that statistics have come out showing that significantly more women are enrolled in college than men, people are wondering—why…
Celebrity releases the anti-celebrity fragrance
Adam Levine is the frontman for Maroon 5, the judge on The Voice, and the guy your girlfriend would leave…
NPR discovers “bros”
NPR lives in a strange, government-funded, hushed-voice realm apart from polite society. So when cultural references usually trickle towards them,…
57 years in Congress meets Google Glass
Rep. John Dingell was first elected to Congress in 1956 and has remained in Congress for an astounding 57 years,…
