NEW: New data suggests young voters are growing more frustrated with elected leaders. Some may be on the verge of ditching both political parties altogether.
That’s a big problem for leading Democrats as well as their House majority. trib.al/AYreln6
Gen Z’ers who cast ballots in 2020 – more likely than any other generation to vote Democrat – are also the generation that’s grown the most sour with President Biden and other liberal leaders
Tens of millions of voters disenfranchised by census data.
With more extreme candidates created as a byproduct.
Gerrymandering is one of America’s biggest problems, but here’s how Congress can fix it right now: trib.al/USOkgaa
You may not understand how complex census data is going to be used to disenfranchise voters…but everyone understands candy. So we combined the two into one voting rights story: trib.al/Gb5rGjv
More than 80% of voters had no real say in who represented them in Congress last year. NBCLX Political Editor @NoahPransky says that’s a far bigger problem than any new voting restriction…but there may be an easier (bipartisan) fix. trib.al/Gb5rGjv
Do you remember the ‘90s movie “Shazaam” that stars the comedian Sinbad as a genie who appears to a pair of kids to help them deal with a tragic time?
If so, Sinbad’s kids say you might want to double-check your memory on that one. trib.al/pZ2NYEe
But if you’re “absolutely certain” you’ve seen Sinbad in "Shazaam," you aren’t alone.
Sinbad’s son Royce Adkins said even “people the closest to us who know everything about our family” have sometimes second-guessed whether the movie exists.
Why do we need 8 hours of sleep and did we always sleep that way?
Turns out, we didn’t.
“People in the western world...experienced what is referred to as a segmented...sleep,” said Roger Ekirch, a historian and professor at Virginia Tech. trib.al/Sce2eGn
“Our sleep today is less than 2 centuries old. It's a construct of modernity. It's artificial,” said Ekirch. lx.com/science-tech/h…
Imagine it's the 1940s and you've given years of your life to redesigning one of the most iconic hotels in the U.S.
Imagine it's then hailed by your peers as a modern-day marvel.
Now, imagine you're not even allowed to stay there because you're Black. trib.al/lkw8Rk2
That was the reality for Paul R. Williams, the architect behind The Beverly Hills Hotel and some of the most iconic buildings in Los Angeles, not to mention the homes of many of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 20th century trib.al/IhEdwsr
But Williams' race presented a stumbling block.
His granddaughter, Karen E. Hudson said clients would get "there and stopped in their tracks because they didn't realize he was Black, and they were ready to back out." trib.al/IhEdwsr