How to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday
Also: Rachel Syme on the return of Day-Glo.
July 2026
admin Donald Trump Celebrates America’s Two-Hundred-and-Fiftieth Birthday
At the Great American State Fair, in Washington, D.C., and at the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Library, in North…
The Intimate Legacies of a White-Supremacist Coup
Lauren Collins on a white-supremacist coup and a violent riot targeting the Black community of Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898.
The Unprecedented Profiteering Revealed by Donald Trump’s Financial Disclosure
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Why The Last Battle of the American Revolution Was Fought In India
The conflicts elsewhere in the world have receded from our imagination, but the American rebellion was a sideshow to a…
The U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Is Rewriting Its History
Louisa Thomas writes about the U.S. men’s national soccer team’s win against Bosnia and Herzegovina during the knockout phase of…
Why Have Liberals Abandoned a Moral Reading of the Constitution?
From slavery to abortion, conservatives and liberals alike have reached for “natural law” to resolve many of the country’s most…
Behind the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Transgender Athletes
Jeannie Suk Gersen writes about the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold state-level bans on transgender females competing in girl’s and…
Australia’s Evolving Appreciation for Soccer
Australia is dominated by cricket and rugby. But now the Socceroos are making a deep run in the World Cup,…
Serena Williams Returns to Wimbledon
Louisa Thomas writes that it looked like the Serena Williams would pull off another stunning comeback in the tournament she…