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A classroom at the First Presbyterian Child Development Center in Santa Fe, N.M.
Economy
Infant care now costs more than in-state college in 32 states — and some mothers are paying in kind with their own breast milk
By Caitlyn Collins, Chloe Gibbs and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., at a Senate HELP Committee hearing
Health
One private equity–backed company owns every methadone clinic in Montana
By Yashaswini Singh and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
Sign for the ambulance entrance at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Health
The U.S. expected 17,000 disputes a year when it passed this medical bills law. It gets over 2 million instead
By Lindsey Murtagh and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, YouTube creator
Politics
America’s not actually polarized. It can agree on Mr. Beast — and Joe Rogan
By Karrin Vasby Anderson, Natalie Pennington, Nick Marx and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
The border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border near Somerton, Arizona
Politics
‘You become a victim of your own success’: Trump’s unlikely gift to Democrats was securing the border and defusing the issue
By Justin Gest and The ConversationOctober 30, 2026
A closed fruit and vegetable store in rural West Olive, Michigan
Economy
Rural food insecurity jumped from 12% to nearly 16% in 5 years—the law that can fix it is sitting on the books
By Michelle Miller and The ConversationOctober 29, 2026
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Asia
Gen Z’s ‘cockroach’ party is challenging Modi over 130 million deleted voter names
By Amrita Basu and The ConversationOctober 23, 2026
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Cybersecurity
How an OpenAI model exposed a flaw in 70% of the internet’s websites
By Doug Jacobson and The ConversationOctober 23, 2026
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North America
Trump’s remarkable mess on electric vehicles: How he made them more expensive and harder to find just as he went to war on Iran
By John Paul Helveston and The ConversationOctober 21, 2026
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Politics
Gen Z is the ‘massacre generation’ but that doesn’t mean they’re all in favor of gun control
By Jillian Turanovic, Kristin Lloyd and The ConversationOctober 16, 2026
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Success
Americans see teachers as coaches and pastors. Britons and Australians see them as nurses and social workers
By Gustavo E. Fischman, Eric Haas, Margarita Pivovarova and The ConversationOctober 16, 2026
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Health
Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer despite never smoking. Lung cancer screening only targets people who did
By Estelamari Rodriguez and The ConversationOctober 15, 2026
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Personal Finance
2% of donors supply 89% of college giving — something is going to give
By William Blomquist, Genevieve Shaker, William M. Plater and The ConversationOctober 15, 2026
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Environment
Your gas station is selling Rhino, Anaconda and Magnum. It’s really secret Viagra
By Andrew Yockey and The ConversationOctober 15, 2026
Demonstrators hold a "No More Data Centers" sign at a rally in Provo, Utah
Environment
There are ‘six Americas’ on climate change, but only two on data centers
By Neha Gour, John Kotcher, Teresa Myers and The ConversationOctober 15, 2026
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Startups & Venture
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says ‘founder mode’ cost him almost his entire executive team: ‘They left or they didn’t want to work for me’placeholder alt text
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