Alana Semuels
@alanasemuels.bsky.social
Journalist covering health care, economics, and consumer issues at TIME. Formerly of The Atlantic and the Los Angeles Times. SF -> NY. Alana.semuels@time.com
Here's a useful chart from @mlheggeness.bsky.social -- the black line is women's labor force participation this year
August 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Here's a useful chart from @mlheggeness.bsky.social -- the black line is women's labor force participation this year
This is the top of the homepage of DOGE.GOV.
If you click where it says "read more," it automatically diverts you to X.
You can't get even basic information about what they're saying without going to X.
If you click where it says "read more," it automatically diverts you to X.
You can't get even basic information about what they're saying without going to X.
February 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is the top of the homepage of DOGE.GOV.
If you click where it says "read more," it automatically diverts you to X.
You can't get even basic information about what they're saying without going to X.
If you click where it says "read more," it automatically diverts you to X.
You can't get even basic information about what they're saying without going to X.
DOGE has fired more CFPB employees; here is the letter they received Thursday night terminating their employment
February 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
DOGE has fired more CFPB employees; here is the letter they received Thursday night terminating their employment
the CA Fair Plan has just $200 million in surplus, and in the Pacific Palisades zip code alone, it has 1,340 policies and $5.8 billion in exposure.
January 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the CA Fair Plan has just $200 million in surplus, and in the Pacific Palisades zip code alone, it has 1,340 policies and $5.8 billion in exposure.
"Quite frankly, if this were Wall Street, I'm not sure you'd be able to get away with this," one CA Assemblymember told the FAIR Plan president in a hearing.
But people are increasingly turning to insurers of last resort, since they can't go anywhere else.
But people are increasingly turning to insurers of last resort, since they can't go anywhere else.
January 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Quite frankly, if this were Wall Street, I'm not sure you'd be able to get away with this," one CA Assemblymember told the FAIR Plan president in a hearing.
But people are increasingly turning to insurers of last resort, since they can't go anywhere else.
But people are increasingly turning to insurers of last resort, since they can't go anywhere else.
Impossible to guess which state I’m in
December 30, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Impossible to guess which state I’m in
Where does SoftBank keep getting money? Didn't they invest billions in several now-floundering companies?
December 16, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Where does SoftBank keep getting money? Didn't they invest billions in several now-floundering companies?