In 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that criminalizing people for sleeping outside did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. What San Francisco has done with that discretion since, sweeps, bus tickets, a re-timed count, produces a landscape that looks improved whether or not the underlying problem has.
OpenAI's shares traded on secondary markets at a $500 billion valuation in October. Its rumored IPO target is $1 trillion. The company doesn't expect to turn a profit until around 2030. How a company gets from $500 billion to $1 trillion in under a year, without turning a profit, is worth understanding.
Live, in front of over 43 million Americans, during the Vice-Presidential debate, JD Vance stated: "You have got housing that is totally unaffordable because we brought in millions of illegal immigrants to compete with Americans for scarce homes..."
For decades, Canada has grappled with how to meaningfully address the lasting economic and social injustices faced by Indigenous communities. New Zealand's investment-driven approach to empowering the Māori offers a model worth studying.