PoliticsYahoo News 360Do debates between candidates actually matter?
More and more candidates are questioning the need to square off face-to-face with their opponents. Is the declining importance of debates bad for democracy?
U.S.Yahoo News 360Going green will require a lot more energy. Can the U.S. make enough?
Experts say without a massive increase in the amount of electricity we produce, the power grid won't be able to support the transition off of fossil fuels.
PoliticsYahoo News 360After 10 years of DACA, Dreamers still live in legal limbo
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children could face deportation if a legal challenge seeking to end the program is successful, unless Congress passes a law to protect them.
WorldYahoo News 360Can the British monarchy survive without its queen?
With the Elizabeth II's historic reign at an end, the royal family faces unprecedented — perhaps existential — challenges.
U.S.Yahoo News 360What do schools need to help kids overcome pandemic learning loss?
New test scores suggest COVID-related disruptions have erased decades worth of progress in math and reading. How can the America's schools get back on track?
PoliticsYahoo News 360Is it wise for Biden to call out ‘MAGA extremism’?
The president's backers say it's his duty to forcefully condemn efforts to “undermine democracy itself,” but critics worry his rhetoric might enflame partisan tensions even further.
U.S.Yahoo News 360California jump-starts the movement to ban gas-powered cars
The Golden State is looking to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles, but critics question whether strict regulations are the right answer to climate change.
HealthYahoo News 360Does monkeypox need a new name?
Many health experts say the disease's current name is confusing and causes stigma, but skeptics say the world's struggles to contain the current outbreak can't be solved by semantics.
U.S.Yahoo News 360How to fix the student debt crisis for good
President Biden's order to forgive hundreds of billions in student loans does nothing to address the rising costs of higher education that caused all of that debt to pile up in the first place.
BusinessYahoo News 360Quiet quitting: Are workers taking advantage or taking control?
A viral trend of workers showing how they've throttled back their level of effort to the bare minimum has been cause for both celebration and condemnation.
PoliticsYahoo News 360Is forgiving student debt fair?
President Biden's order has been called a "slap in the face" to everyone who doesn't have student loans, but supporters say the policy will have society-wide benefits.
PoliticsYahoo News 360Is an extra $80 billion for the IRS good news for taxpayers?
The funding increase is designed to help the agency process returns more efficiently and chase down wealthy tax cheats, but conservatives warn it will lead to more audits for the middle class.
ScienceYahoo News 360Scientists say they can bring extinct species back. But should they?
Animals like the woolly mammoth and Tasmanian tiger may be revived thanks to advances in gene editing technology, but critics say this burgeoning science is a distraction from the real work of conservation.
WorldYahoo News 360A year after leaving, the U.S. still faces challenges in Afghanistan
Can America help the Afghan people survive a series of major crises without indirectly aiding the Taliban's repressive regime?
PoliticsYahoo News 360Is Liz Cheney’s fight against Trump just getting started?
The former president's most vocal Republican critic lost her reelection bid, but some political experts believe she could be a thorn in his side for years to come.
U.S.Yahoo News 360CDC’s relaxed COVID rules: Reasonable or reckless?
The agency's decision to roll back certain guidelines is seen by some as an appropriate response to the current state of the pandemic and by others as an abandonment of its public health responsibilities.
BusinessYahoo News 360Is the U.S. in a recession? Does it even matter?
The unprecedented economic circumstances of the pandemic recovery have caused heated debate over what have historically been questions with straightforward answers.
PoliticsYahoo News 360Should Kansas’s abortion vote change expectations for the midterms?
Voters in the conservative state rejected a measure that would have created space for strict abortion restrictions, but some experts see reason to doubt the result will be repeated in other races.
PoliticsYahoo News 360Is there any room for a 3rd party in American politics?
Polls suggest a large share of the voting public is eager for a viable alternative to the two major parties. So why isn't there one?
U.S.Yahoo News 360California's Texas-style gun law: Clever policy or political stunt?
The new law borrows the citizen-enforcement strategy pioneered by Texas Republicans as part of the strict abortion restriction they passed last year.
PoliticsYahoo News 360Biden’s bout with COVID shows progress made and pitfalls ahead
The president's relatively smooth experience was an example of the potency of vaccines and antiviral drugs, but it's also a reminder that everyone — even the country's most powerful person — is vulnerable.
PoliticsYahoo News 360Are Dems playing with fire by boosting MAGA GOP candidates?
Some Democratic groups are spending millions to help Trump-backed candidates win GOP primary races under the belief that they'll be easier to beat in the general election.
HealthYahoo News 360‘The pill’ faces an uncertain future in a post-Roe world
Oral contraceptives are one of the most popular — and least controversial — forms of birth control, but that doesn't mean they'll be unaffected by the intensifying political fight over reproductive rights.
U.S.Yahoo News 360Why hasn’t the U.S. been able to contain monkeypox?
Unlike the coronavirus, monkeypox has been studied for decades and there are ready-made treatments available. Still, case numbers keep rising.
WorldYahoo News 360What will it take to bring Brittney Griner home?
Freeing the WNBA star from Russian detention may mean having to concede to a steep price from Moscow.
“A mass student loan forgiveness scheme is an essential policy correction to a worsening social crisis.”
“There is no possible definition of ‘need’ in which college graduates in the United States of America would rank first.”
“A lot of working-class people carry a lot of student debt.”
“This is a college graduate bailout paid for by plumbers and FedEx drivers.”
“A comprehensive student-loan debt-cancellation program will have a valuable economic upside.”