May 14, 2024

Part One:
Singles nation: Why so many Americans are unmarried by CSMonitor reporter Stephanie Hanes*

Singles now outnumber married adults in the US. What’s behind that social shift – and why it matters.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2015/0614/Singles-nation-Why-so-many-Americans-are-unmarried

*Stephanie Hanes was the founding writer for Modern Parenthood. She began writing for the Monitor as a correspondent in southern Africa and has covered topics ranging from the war in Eastern Congo and shark cage diving off the coast of Cape Town to the “Disney Princess effect” and the fight over American girlhood.

Part Two:
Public Integrity investigative report Liz Essley

Who is calling the shots in state politics? Take a look at Ohio: Political profiteers push Ohio’s pot vote (ballot measure mercenaries seek to amend Ohio’s constitution to benefit select few) and a new class of professionals: Ballot measure professionals

Political profiteers push Ohio’s pot vote

Geography for Dummies:
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