Was “Defund the Police” Crazy?
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes about reckoning with the “woke” years.
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admin How Alex Eala Became a Symbol of the Philippines
At only twenty-one, the tennis phenom Alex Eala is likely already the best-ever player from Southeast Asia. Now she is…
The Floods Nepal Didn’t Cause
Ishaan Tharoor writes about how flash floods have killed at least five hundred people in a nation that has contributed…
How the Meta Settlement Could Change the Internet
Nathaniel Lubin writes that the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of…
Could Data Centers Swing an Election in Wisconsin?
Dan Kaufman writes on how data centers and A.I. development are affecting political races.
Adam Hamilton and Taking Back Religion from the Right
Democratic socialists are getting more of the attention this election season, Bill McKibben writes, but Democratic Christians may prove more…
Is R.F.K., Jr., Winning or Losing?
Dhruv Khullar makes the case for cautious optimism about the Trump Administration’s war on vaccines.
Does Anybody Know Who Darline Graham Is?
Charles Bethea writes about Darline Graham Nordone, Lindsey Graham’s younger sister, who was appointed to his Senate seat upon his…
Sean Duffy in the Real World
Jon Allsop on the YouTube show “The Great American Road Trip,” starring Sean Duffy, Donald Trump’s Transportation Secretary and a…
Why People Want to Believe the Lindsay Clancy Conspiracy Theories
Mistrust about the case stems from understandable anger and sorrow at the ways women in extremis aren’t believed. Jessica Winter…