AvatarKat CalAvatarAvatar‘Nobody talks about it because everyone is on it’: Adderall presents esports with an enigmaverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Coleman HamsteadAspiring to become a full-time streamer and make a career out of his love for gaming, former semipro Halo player Matthew “MellowMajik” Murphy follows a weekly ritual. Every Friday and Saturday night, he comes home and gets on his new favorite game, Fortnite. But before he logs on, Murphy swallows a …
AvatarKat CalAvatarAvatarAnalysis | El Salvador’s president sent troops to occupy the legislature. Here’s what’s going on.verified_publisherThe Washington Post - Michael Ahn PaarlbergA week ago, a photo from El Salvador circulated that looked like something out of the Cold War — soldiers armed with M-16s occupying the country’s Legislative Assembly. It was all the more striking coming from a country that emerged a quarter-century ago from a devastating civil war and became a …
AvatarKat CalAvatarAvatarAnalysis | Governments haven’t managed to reduce greenhouse gases. Here’s who’s taking charge in the next phase.verified_publisherThe Washington Post - Jeff ColganWhen BlackRock, the world’s largest money manager, announced in January that climate risks would become central to its investment strategy, it was a sign of the times. Multiple events in the past few months indicate that we’re in a new phase in the global effort to address climate change. The action …
AvatarKat CalAvatarAvatarOpinion | How can the United States fix its democracy? Look to the north.verified_publisherThe Washington Post - David MoscropCanada is nobody’s utopia. But the United States’ northern neighbor sometimes imagines itself as such — perhaps, in part, as a reaction to being snuggled up against a global hegemon, with all the benefits, liabilities and responsibilities that entails. Pierre Trudeau, the late Canadian prime …
AvatarKat CalAvatarAvatarPerspective | Eugenics is trending. That’s a problem.verified_publisherThe Washington Post - Caitlin FendleyThe scientist Richard Dawkins sparked controversy when he tweeted that, aside from the moral problems, eugenics would work “in practice.” While that remark is shocking, Dawkins is hardly alone in accepting the premise at the heart of eugenic science and population-control theory. Last year, a group …
AvatarKat CalAvatarAvatarOpinion | An unlikely cause of our bitterness: The nuclear familyverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Robert J. SamuelsonWhen the history of our era is written, scholars will search for larger causes to explain its bitterness and contradictions, despite so much wealth. Was it globalization? Populism? Economic inequality? Polarization? Greed? To this list you can now add an unlikely candidate: the nuclear family. In a …
AvatarKat CalAvatarAvatarOpinion | Corporations are working with the Trump administration to control online speechverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Ron WydenRon Wyden, a Democrat, represents Oregon in the U.S. Senate. Some of the biggest corporations in the United States are brawling over the future of the law that allows free speech and innovation to thrive online. Under the guise of getting rid of lies and protecting children, they’re working with the …
AvatarKat CalAvatarAvatarOpinion | Planting trees isn’t socialismverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Henry OlsenMost Americans don’t think planting trees is socialism. Try telling that to the Club for Growth. The Club is a huge player in conservative and Republican politics. Formed in the late 1990s, it wields enormous influence because of its ability to spend large amounts of money for or against a …
AvatarKat CalAvatarAvatarPerspective | Five myths about George Washingtonverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Alexis CoeDuring a 2019 visit to Mount Vernon, the historic home of George Washington, President Trump reportedly said: "If he was smart, he would've put his name on it. You've got to put your name on stuff, or no one remembers you." Such self-importance would have pained the first president, who didn't need …
AvatarKat CalAvatarAvatarThe strength, mobility and health of your feet is important to your whole bodyverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Amanda LoudinTake a look around any gym and you’ll see people working to strengthen their biceps, hamstrings, shoulders, abs — pretty much anything but their feet. That, experts say, is a big mistake. “Feet are the foundation of our strength. And like with any body part, when you don’t use it, you lose it,” says …
AvatarKat CalAvatarAvatarPerspective | Food for thought — and health. The right diet for patients can improve outcomes and reduce costs.verified_publisherThe Washington Post - Dhruv KhullarCongestive heart failure is a disease notoriously difficult to treat. The condition, which affects more than 6 million Americans, results from the heart’s inability to pump blood to the rest of the body, leading to fluid buildup in the lungs. The mainstay of treatment is medication that removes the …
AvatarKat CalAvatarAvatarClass, race and geography emerge as flashpoints in New York’s bail reform debateverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Kim BellwareReactions to a six-week-old bail reform law has ignited bitter debate in New York — thus far the most populous state to enact statewide bail reform — and highlighted fault lines of race, class and geography amid a larger nationwide movement to reform the money bail system. Conflicting views, and …