Educating the Next Generation of Compassionate Healthcare Leaders

America’s healthcare system is dangerously insufficient in many places and failing the very people it was meant to protect. By 2038, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) warns that we will be short 141,160 physicians. Even today, we see this shortage play out in overcrowded emergency rooms and in rural counties without obstetric care. It shows up in burnt-out nurses leaving the profession and in a growing sense that healthcare can feel cold and transactional. If we want to fix America’s healthcare crisis, we have to stop pretending the repair begins in hospitals or insurance markets. The foundation of a healthier nation begins in our schools.


We The Presidents 250th American Anniversary Edition

We The Presidents leaves partisan issues aside and instead focuses on how American presidents from Harding to Trump have dealt with healthcare, civil rights, taxation, income distribution, immigration, racism, global conflicts, the economy, and the essential role of a democratic government. More than any other factor, Gruner’s latest work clearly establishes the themes in common among all presidential administrations.


Who is responsible for America’s $40 Trillion Debt?

In August, the U.S. reached its highest-ever debt level: $40 trillion. As a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), it now stands at about 123%. The Republican controlled House Budget Committee reported that our debt now exceeds the size of the U.S. economy. It surpasses the historic peak following World War II, when the debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio was 122%. 


August 2026 Magazine

Wildfires rage through the U.S. while our fearless leaders wage global war for their own profit and personal gain. Please see Annie Searle’s article Heating Up. We need a new and different leadership who will work for the people. Leadership needs to focus on the real dangers to America: the rising costs of food, housing, fuel, healthcare, education, the proliferation of AI data centers, and the destruction of our environment due to climate change. One word of warning: Make sure you are reading and listening to the right media to get the truth about what is happening. Aside from writing stories about people, we also write essays and articles that shed light on how the media works, thereby helping you to develop your own critical thinking skills. With the proliferation of fake news, chatbots, algorithms, and AI-generated news, memes, photos, and videos, it is more important than ever to be able to discern what is real. Please see my article The Media, Fake News, and AI.   –Patricia Vaccarino

 


Heating Up

This weekend, as we look around the country, we see that a significant portion of the population is displaced, evacuated from their own homes because of wildfires, floods, winds, tornadoes, mudslides or even failures of critical infrastructure like bridges, roads, and dams. This is not a new phenomenon—it’s familiar from the last several years, as the planet heats up. Since Trump returned to office in 2025, his administration has continued to eliminate regulated climate control protections and advance the use of contributors to the problem, oil, gas, and coal.


Blanche’s Confirmation Vote Could Flip the Senate

The Epstein files are the Achilles’ heel for Republican Senators this November, and their vote to confirm Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General is the Democrats’ populist arrow that could topple them.


The Media, Fake News, and AI

Whenever you read, see or hear news, always consider the source. We’ve been in the media business for a long time and can spot the fake from the real. We want to help you to be a discerning consumer of news. 


Leafing Through Reno’s Library

The Downtown Reno Library on Center Street isn’t your typical air-conditioned library. Push through the doors and you’ll find yourself walking onto a vine-bedecked bridge through a jungle atrium. There are thousands of plants here – begonias and philodendrons, mother-in-law tongues and spider plants, aloe vera, an avocado tree, Norfolk pines, and so much more.