Latest articles by Joel Mathis, The Week US
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Is the Supreme Court about to criminalize homelessness?
Talking Points The court will decide if bans on outdoor camping are 'cruel and unusual'
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Can MLB solve its uniform crisis?
Today's Big Question See-through pants and sweat stains draw derision from players and fans alike
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Why are Republicans trying to change Nebraska's Electoral College vote?
Today's Big Question It's a chance for Donald Trump to block Joe Biden's path to re-election
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Is it time to end arms sales to Israel?
Today's Big Question Democrats urge restrictions following World Kitchen convoy deaths
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Is legalized betting hurting sports?
Today's Big Question A 'building avalanche of gambling scandals' threatens competition
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Why did Oregon recriminalize drug possession?
Talking Points Arrests resume in the Beaver State, along with a new treatment effort
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Is Netanyahu on the verge of being ousted?
Talking Points Protesters want Israel's leader to bring the hostages home
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Does the world face a retirement crisis?
Today's Big Question And can it be solved by raising the retirement age?
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Are 'judge shopping' rules a blow to Republicans?
Today's Big Question How the abortion pill case got to the Supreme Court
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Is this the year women take over March Madness?
Today's Big Question Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and other stars make the women's game more popular than ever
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Is Donald Trump an intelligence threat?
Today's Big Question Presidential nominees typically get classified briefings. Should Trump?
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Are plug-in hybrids better for America's climate goals?
Talking Points The car industry considers a 'slower, but more plausible path' to reducing emissions
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Russians are filling America's news shortage
Talking Points Fake news sites spread propaganda while real newspapers die
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As economy falters, China girds its defenses
Talking Points Leaders want to grow the military faster than the economy
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OTC birth control arrives amid the battle over reproductive rights
Talking Points Opill will cost $19.99 a month. Democrats are pushing to make it cheaper.
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Women led Iran's protests. What will new elections mean for them?
Talking Points The protests, and the backlash, loom over the polling
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Smartphones face bans in US schools
Talking Points Educators say the devices disrupt classrooms
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What Florida is — and isn't — doing to curb the biggest measles outbreak in the US
Talking Points DeSantis appointee defies expert consensus to stop the spread
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Is Google's new AI bot 'woke'?
Talking Points Gemini produced images of female popes and Black Vikings. Now the company has stepped back.
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What's at stake in Julian Assange's extradition fight?
Today's Big Question Prosecutors say he committed espionage. Defenders say the case threatens press freedom.
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Why are Republicans leaving Congress?
Today's Big Question GOP dysfunction puts the House majority at risk
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Chicago turns off its gunshot-tracking system
Talking Points ShotSpotter has come under criticism. But critics say Mayor Brandon Johnson is making 'bad policy.'
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Gen Z is bringing back reading
Talking Points BookTok and Kaia Gerber help make printed books popular again
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What Elon Musk has to fear from China's 'Tesla killer'
Talking Points BYD is now the world's biggest seller of electric vehicles
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