IdeasEighty-Four to Eight
The Senate voted 84-8 to advance a bill banning institutional investors from buying single-family homes. In this Senate, that number means something.
The Long View
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IdeasNo One Came Back
Section 702 lapsed Friday at midnight while the House was on recess. The intelligence community says nothing changed. That part is probably true. But the reason it lapsed isn't nothing.
IdeasThe Word He Used
Scott Pelley chose the most precise word he had. What I keep thinking about is the story nobody will pursue because someone in that room heard it.
IdeasThe Fear in the Lesson Plan
More than half of America's civics teachers are afraid to teach the subject wrong. The fear is working.
IdeasWhat an Hour Tells You
The Supreme Court rewrote the Voting Rights Act. One hour later, Florida had a new map.
IdeasWhat Nine Dollars Buys
A Planned Parenthood clinic in Sacramento started offering Botox at nine dollars a unit. The story isn't about Botox.
IdeasTwo Numbers, One Country
The S&P 500 hit a record high the same week consumer sentiment hit a 74-year low. Both numbers were accurate. That might be the problem.
IdeasThe Station That Went Dark
A federal judge said the government can't defund public media to punish speech. Congress had already done it anyway.
IdeasWhat Showing Up Looks Like
Three thousand one hundred events in all fifty states. But the number that matters is fifty-three.