Archive for August 2026

The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain was set back off a country road in a white colonial house — such an atypical location that I first drove right by it, unsure that it was a school. I turned around, went to the door, introduced myself as a reporter and asked for a tour…. I had come to Northeast Arkansas, just outside of Jonesboro, to report on private schools that have been opening in response to state legislatures increasingly setting aside public money for parents to spend on private education. Our reporting shows that more public money doesn’t necessarily translate to more transparency.

Climate change is a hoax…. Solar power is useless because the sun doesn’t shine at night, and batteries don’t exist. Smoke blanketed North America, not because of climate change, but because Canada didn’t rake its 2 million square miles of boreal forest. We’ve destroyed Iran’s military, and the Iranian regime is begging for a deal. Also, the U.S. isn’t running out of precision weapons as a result of the Iran war, and furthermore the shortage is Joe Biden’s fault. The economy is in a “golden age.” Prices are down. And Trump has a 59 percent approval rating….
Communism is the greatest threat facing America.

Months after congressional Republicans refused to extend enhanced subsidies for Americans who receive their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, hospitals across the US are seeing a surge in uninsured patients seeking emergency medical care…. The Times linked this surge in uninsured patients directly to the Republican-controlled Congress allowing more generous subsidies for plans purchased through the ACA to lapse at the end of 2025. Enrollment in the program has fallen by about 3 million people since last year.

Key Takeaways
– Latino communities face a quiet health emergency marked by rising suicide risk, increasing overdose deaths, and a documented rise in anti-Latino hate and discrimination.
– Latino workers make up roughly 18 percent of the U.S. healthcare workforce, meaning the climate of fear reaches into the hospital from both sides of the bedside.
– Nurses’ proximity and trusted role give them a unique responsibility to recognize how discrimination and fear shape health, and to lead the response.