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First They Came for the Immigrants

Max Elbaum Convergence
Today’s hatemongering reflects a deeply rooted problem: a global “crisis of the right to stay home” due largely to Washington’s role in structuring the world’s economics and politics.

Obamacare Created Big Medicine

Matt Stoller The Lever
Looking at American health care is an exercise in despair, with health conglomerates engaged in killing people for profit, with endless 10-15 percent increases in annual premiums, and with judges and policymakers not even knowing where to start.

Family Budget Calculator

Economic Policy Institute Economic Policy Institute
An interactive tool that shows the income a family needs in order to attain a modest yet adequate standard of living, for every County in the United States.

AI Learning Through a Baby’s Eyes

Elizabeth Gibney Nature
A neural network that taught itself to recognize objects using the filmed experiences of a single infant could offer new insights into how humans learn.