Food for thought: perspectives and analysis from NBC News THINK

Inspiration is difficult these days. And one way we can find it is in the stories we tell one another about the hellscape that has been 2020. There is an illusion we all live with. It's part of what keeps society together, what keeps food on the shelves, what keeps people going to work and gas in …

The messaging from the very top of the White House has been inconsistent, if not contradictory, to the messaging from the White House's own task force. And Americans are watching. For many Americans, the transition from the summer months to winter is full of trade-offs: sun with snow, beaches for …