Ellen Rolfes

Plus, we do the numbers on smartphones and sleep in this week's Make Me Smart newsletter.

We're watching “The League,” a documentary about the contributions that Black baseball players and the Negro Leagues made to America’s pastime.

Plus: There's an eclipse coming up! In this week's issue we do the numbers.

While most older folks would prefer to age in place, home sharing — like that featured in “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó” — could offer more older Americans the ability to stay in their homes while reducing the risks of social isolation.

Normal monetary policy, that is. Plus: How heist movies influenced real-life bank security.

This week, we’re watching “The ABCs of Book Banning” and looking into the economic impact of book bans for schools and blacklisted authors.

Plus: A bid to recruit cops from gamers backfires in Peoria, plus more in this week's Make Me Smart newsletter.

“The Last Repair Shop” focuses on the people who maintain the 140,000 musical instruments owned by Los Angeles Unified School District public schools.

Plus, we to the numbers on America's voting machines and Hollywood's pandemic recovery in this week's newsletter.

In this week's Make Me Smart newsletter: The BDS movement and the "silver tsunami."