Tag: Americas

I will always remember my first outings in New York. It was a big change from my Parisian life and I learned a lot about people. I tried as best as I could to adapt to the life of the city, to understand its codes and to try and behave as little like a French as possible. Every Thursday, I met a ...

Pho is a hearty noodle soup typically made with beef or chicken broth, rice noodles, and various herbs and spices. While the exact origins of pho are unclear, it is thought to have originated in northern Vietnam sometime in the early 20th century. The dish then began to spread to other parts of...

As the season of giving comes to a close, we can be sure of this: The charity that will raise more money than any other in 2019 will be Fidelity Charitable, an enterprise that manages the charitable giving of more than 200,000 mostly well-to-do clients. While legally classified as a 501...

The cost of housing in the USA is expensive — really expensive. Over the last six decades, purchasing or renting a home has become increasingly burdensome, with prices rising significantly relative to median income. According to research conducted by Pew, the cost to buy a home for an average ...

For most of my adult life I’ve adored traveling. My trips have included bus treks across South America, dining at a restaurant inside a cave just outside of Mexico City, and road trips up the Pacific coast among others. I’ve come face to face with adorable yellow-bellied marmots on a ...

This eye-opening data comes at a critical juncture as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in on a pivotal case that could potentially preemptively block any future attempts to tax the immense wealth held by billionaires. The case, Moore v. United States, currently under the court’s scruti...

North America has a railroad problem that the rest of the world doesn’t have. As a result, a lot of North Americans think it’s too expensive to electrify that mode of transportation. As we explore electrifying everything everywhere all at once as a key wedge in solving global w...

You’ve probably filled notebooks with logistical plans; spent hours out in the forest or the desert practicing your aim. You’ve probably got a kill list, and a (very short) list of people you’d like to spare. You’ve probably gone over the notes of previous shooters with a fin...

As a former DNC member and State Party Chair, I’ve seen firsthand the complexities of political party governance. As we approach the 2024 election, the control over the Democratic and Republican parties could decide the presidency and Congress. Yet these powerful organizations remain private e...

The following interview by John Sides is posted by permission from the Washington Post (August 15, 2016). Sides is an Associate Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. He specializes in public opinion, voting, and American elections. Robert P. Jones is the founding ...

Truth is, White people in America are losing power. Recent Census reports have shown they are losing their position as the majority. In family systems therapy, homeostasis is a term used to describe the balance that is often sought after in order to maintain the cohesion and unity of a family struct...

We are entering a new age. People who were once tolerant of America’s hypocrisies have grown weary along with the rest of us. America has always been a nation of paradoxes. We memorialize “great” men for declaring independence, while they, themselves, owned slaves. Our country&rsqu...