Commentary: Open enrollment is health care’s most expensive lie
Neal K. Shah I’m old enough to remember when there was no annual open enrollment. You got health insurance through your employer, and unless you changed jobs or... Read more.
Our obsession with protein is getting out of hand
Armin Alaedini and Jimin Yang Starbucks has declared itself “all in on protein.” Beginning this month, customers can order protein lattes and protein matchas,... Read more.
Commentary: The real cost of America’s reliance on trade with China
Christian B. Teeter For more than two decades, the U.S.-China trading relationship has been at the center of globalization’s story: low-cost goods for American... Read more.
Commentary: Left and right have united in favor of puerile, violent rhetoric
Matt K. Lewis In recent weeks, American politics have stopped resembling a democracy and started looking more like a Manson family group chat, with a flag emoji... Read more.
Commentary: Paid family leave can be a lifeline
Whitney Wells A week before I gave birth last February, the research team I work with published a study in a prominent scientific journal on how paid family leave... Read more.
Commentary: Justice rekindled — From California’s 2017 infernos to the Palisades fire, accountability is the real resilience
Bridget E. Bean When I landed in Northern California in October 2017 as a senior FEMA official, the sky was orange at noon. Entire neighborhoods in Santa Rosa and... Read more.
Commentary: Why so many of us would choose the bear
Sylvia Ghazarian October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and many of you may remember this online viral question last year: “Would you rather be alone... Read more.
Commentary: What’s in a name? The weight of the world.
F. Tazeena Husain When our son, Naser, was 6 years old, he wanted to be called Kevin, a perfectly reasonable Midwestern name. This seems to be a rite of passage... Read more.
Commentary: Politicians seem incapable of balancing the federal budget
Jim Nowlan I was struck, no, dumbfounded by this: Debt funded all federal government spending in 2025. The federal government plans to spend a total of $7 trillion... Read more.
Commentary: Searching for a silver bullet
Msgr. Paul V. Garrity As I recover from a broken wrist, the avalanche of issues that are dumped upon us each day shows no signs of letting up. It is hard to know... Read more.