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Federal student loan rates doubled today. Here's why.

How aboot that Obamacare! Why health reform won't turn us into Canada

Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff's regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Sarah with questions, comments and suggestions here. Check back every Monday, … Continue reading →

Let's not shut down the Internet to ward off cyberattacks

My colleague Robert Samuelson makes the case against the Internet, pointing to a report from the Defense Science Board earlier this year about the damage foreign adversaries could do by attacking our digital systems. That report suggests that as a … Continue reading →

Remember the amazing, doomed Medicare experiment? It just got a new lease on life.

This terrifying chart shows we're not growing enough food to feed the world

It’s a question that keeps crop scientists up at night: How are we possibly going to feed the world over the next few decades? After all, consider what we’re up against: The global population is expected to swell from 7 … Continue reading →

Now robots are coming for all the golfing jobs, too

For today’s Lunch Break, a trash-talking golfing robot named “Jeff” challenges professional golfer Rory McIlroy to a friendly match: Not only are the robots beating us at our own games, but they’re now taunting us too. That’s just great. (Via … Continue reading →

2013 is halfway over! This is how the economy is doing, in 11 charts.

We’ve reached the halfway point of 2013. We are nearing the five-year anniversary of the most intense phase of the great financial crisis, and are now at the four-year anniversary of the beginning of the recovery from the Great Recession. … Continue reading →

'Doing the Best I Can': Fatherhood in the Inner City

It's hard to find a more despised group than inner-city fathers who sire children they cannot — or will not — support. A decade ago, I was involved in interventions that sought to improve nonresident fathers' ties with their children. … Continue reading →

The abortion ban Texas is debating? It already exists in 12 other states.

The Texas Senate will reconvene Monday afternoon to once again take up Senate Bill 5. The measure would, among other things, ban abortion after 20 weeks gestation. While the bill has received nationwide media attention, Texas would not be setting … Continue reading →