I. Can’t. Even.

“What America Lost As Women Entered the Work Force” has to be one of my least favorite articles in a long, long, looong time. But read it. Maybe I misinterpreted. Maybe I’m reacting to what I think is the overall theme, which is that women leaving the private sphere (home and such) hurt the public …

The hidden toll of energy insecurity

From Laura Bliss, of The Atlantic Monthly’s CityLab: An estimated 16 million U.S. households face this hardship, unable to afford electricity and stay warm or cool enough. Energy costs are known to have an outsize economic impact on the poor: It’s been estimated that the bottom 20 percent of U.S. earners spend roughly 10 percent …