Bitcoin, housing booms, and Big Tech: Three Friday reads

Only a third of Americans plan to vote in person on Election Day

With just over two weeks to go until Election Day, voter enthusiasm is the highest it’s been in the past three presidential elections—but the majority of Americans won’t turn up to the polls on Nov. 3. With the coronavirus pandemic still raging across parts of the country, just one-third of Americans (33%) plan to vote […]

COVID vaccines, variants, and boosters are a nuanced storm

We’re starting to learn more and more about how COVID vaccines interact with variants. But we’ll still need vigilance and months of more data. Read More

Substantial Chocolate’s child-labor Difficulty Remains far from Adjusted

Since Americans stock up on chocolates for Halloween this past month, they may wish to look at this gloomy statistic: Approximately 1.56 million kids –nearly as young as five–have been participated in the back-breaking job of choosing cocoa for this chocolate at Ivory Coast and Ghana. Both West African nations collectively supply about 70 percent […]