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- When 20-year-old John Rickert walked into the third meeting of the Texas House Select Committee on Health Care Affordability on September 1, he expected the kind of political sparring he sees play out online every day. What he found instead was something rarer, and to him, far more encouraging. “For almost the entirety of the… The post One Team in the Room: Young Texan Finds Hope in Bipartisan Push to Lower Health Care Costs appeared first on Builders.
- By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders Every week, readers write in asking how to navigate relationships strained by today’s political climate. Our “Dear Builders” series offers a little guidance for holding onto the people who matter, even when you don’t see eye to eye. This week’s email comes from a reader who loves… The post Dear Builders: My Husband Is MAGA, and I Don’t Like Who He Becomes When He Talks Politics appeared first on Builders.
- By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders Ask a Texan what’s keeping them up at night heading into November’s midterms, and you probably won’t hear much about the culture-war fight of the week. You’ll hear about the rent, property taxes, and insurance premiums that keep climbing. Affordability has taken center stage in this year’s… The post 6 Reasons for the Texas Affordability Crisis appeared first on Builders.
- By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders I recently got some friends together for a Builders BBQ, where hosts are challenged to invite friends and family – including those who may see the world differently – to have those often-tricky political-to-politically-adjacent conversations over good food. Some of them were chomping at the bit for… The post I Got My Friends Together to Talk Politics — Here’s How it Went appeared first on Builders.
- Conspiracy theories and gender war hot takes derail the conversation we should be having about postpartum care By Alex Buscemi, Editorial Manager at Builders Lindsay Clancy is a Massachusetts mother who admitted to strangling her three young children to death in 2023 while in the grip of severe postpartum psychosis. As of this writing, the… The post We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About Lindsay Clancy appeared first on Builders.