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Technology

Under Pressure From the Trump Administration, the Smithsonian Faces an Existential Clash Over How America Tells Its Story

In November 2021, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History opened a small exhibit titled “The Electric Dr. Franklin.” Designed to examine Benjamin Franklin’s seminal contributions to electrical science, the display included an explicit historical caveat: prior to becoming an abolitionist, Franklin had held enslaved people in his household. “Benjamin Franklin’s remarkable scientific accomplishments were, […]

September 27, 2026
Real Estate

California’s Housing Battle Escalates as Costa Mesa Approves Scaled-Back Plan Under Legal Pressure

For several years, California Governor Gavin Newsom has maintained a consistent and increasingly aggressive posture toward local governments regarding the state’s chronic housing shortage. His message to city halls across the Golden State has been clear: update housing blueprints to accommodate growth or face the legal consequences. What once began as verbal warnings and political […]

September 25, 2026
Environment and Energy

Surging UK Electricity Prices Drive Calls for Widespread Adoption of Flexible, Time-Varying Tariffs to Ease Grid Pressure

The landscape of the British energy market has undergone a radical and punishing transformation over the last decade and a half, leaving households and businesses grappling with some of the highest power costs in the industrialized world. Since 2010, electricity prices in the United Kingdom have surged by a staggering 136%, a figure that highlights […]

September 22, 2026