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A homeless encampment near a Target store in Los Angeles, California. State and local lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, are seeking to overturn lower court decisions that currently block their power to clear encampments with unhoused people. Mario Tama/Getty Images In 2018, a federal court issued a conseque...

Look at how happy he is! Getty Images Two weeks ago, I saw a tweet that was written, I believe, with the sole purpose of annoying me. It wasn’t just a bad take; there are a lot of those on the internet. This one happened to nail all of my Personal Qualms With Society Today. It was indicative of all the little ways t...

Practice will make you better. Don’t expect it to make you perfect. Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Covering psychology the past several years, I’ve grown used to reading about how classic, viral experiments in the field are failing in rigorous retests. It’s often disappointing to read about: M...