So, because raising children in the US is a higher financial burden than other developed countries, that is why people can assume that raising children and all that entails could be much less difficult in the US than it currently is.

Because the financial burden of raising kids is extremely high in the US compared to other developed countries.

I get that raising kids is expensive and difficult. But the point of this article, for me, is to force us to ask whether raising kids has to be THIS difficult, even for someone working who wants to contribute child support. If our economy is making it this difficult to support kids, maybe we should start asking if…

Medical bills are intentionally confusing. The patient’s understanding of the bills matters very little, as they can’t really do anything about them. The billing that matters happens between the insurance company and the provider based on their contracts, which is why they have unexplained billing codes, adjustments,…

Story after story of police brutality, and still somehow society’s problems are still blamed on violence in “black culture.” Even when violence is caught on video like this, in a situation that couldn’t be more obvious, people still find a way to blame the black victim. When are we, as a country, going to start…

The NYT article didn’t really explain what the other alternative explanations were in the Woodward case, does anyone know? Can any alternative cause explain why the baby also had a skull fracture?

I learned a really weird thing about cats recently even though I've had cats my whole life.... cats do not like to drink water near their food. All this time I thought my cat's pickiness was just because she didn't like the still water, or just preferred to drink out of human cups. But no! I saw an article about it…

I really liked my copper IUD but it was giving me too much pain, during and between periods. It was so convenient and didn't give me any issues like the hormonal methods did. But I just couldn't take the pain and recently I got it out. I'm amazed that my periods are painless now, no cramps at all. Now I don't know…

Autonomous cars don't ignore human behavior

When I was a teenager, my grandfather (my mom's dad) started suffering from dementia and came to live at our house for a few years. It was a nice time being with him, but it was also sad, watching him decline. The dementia went mostly as expected; strangely misplaced items, general confusion. But there was one really…

Being in the thick of violence can make people lose sight of the true, bigger picture. I sympathize with people who have gotten caught up in hatred because of their experiences, and I hope this objective reality can get through, past their emotions.

If defending something means losing your humanity, then it is no longer worth defending. The real enemy is the hatred that destroys a community like this from the inside.

Peace, humanity, and life are more important than land.

Here is my attempt to summarize this super complex issue in what I think is the most fair way possible:

Because of historical persecution in Europe, during a time when Nationalism was a popular philosophy, some Jews and some anti-semites proposed that the only solution was to create an exclusively Jewish nation.…

Mandatory minimums are a problem, but obviously the bigger issue in this video is the existence of drug-related crimes at all.

So people should be demanding change with patent law, not with food labeling. Food labeling doesn't fix any of the issues you mentioned.

If anything that's a patent reform issue, not an FDA/food regulation issue.

Giving kids future self-esteem problems is better than them having too much SEX. Sex is really the worst thing that could possibly happen to them. Thank god Mississippi has its priorities straight

The point is that we should be upset at the man for shooting an unarmed teen. His actions directly led to the teen's death, not the girl's lie. Regardless of what she said, the man had no reason to shoot an unarmed teen. He's the one we should focus blame on. His actions were evil, not hers.

This has really been a consistent theme lately, even in the comments section of Jezebel, which you wouldn't expect to be this way. Maybe I've just finally noticed it recently, but these kinds of comments are popping up a lot.

Yes what the man did was wrong, but let's all focus instead on what the girl did wrong. She LIED. It makes me upset just thinking about how much worse than murder that is. I don't blame the father for being so enraged that he shot an innocent person. What could you expect him to do, not shoot someone??? His actions…