The U.S. Was Never Going to Win the “War on Terror”
Robin Wright reports on the failures of the “war on terror” since the attacks of September 11, 2001.
The Lede
admin Troy Jackson Is Still Surprised That He’s Running for Senate
Jesús Rodríguez on Troy Jackson, the former state senator replaced Graham Platner as Maine’s Democratic nominee, who reminded voters over…
Is the Democratic Party Still Too Woke?
Jason Zengerle on Adam Jentleson, the president of Searchlight Institute and the author of “Supermajority,” whose views have shifted to…
Remembrance of September 11th
Adam Gopnik writes on September 11th, 2001, and the influence of the terrorism attacks on New York City.
The Warning Benjamin Netanyahu Ignored
Ruth Margalit writes about revelations, in Haaretz, that the Prime Minister of Israel knew about the attacks of October 7th…
Destroying Books to Build a Mind
Francesca Mancino writes about Anthropic swallowing the internet. The company is trying to “destructively scan all the books in the…
A Political Operative on the Verge of Self-Deportation
Daysi González, who works to elect Democrats, is gearing up to leave the U.S. as soon as this month. She…
A College Caught in the Middle of America’s Football Obsession
Jesse Dougherty on the football culture at Oberlin College and how it reflects the sport’s fanfare in America.
Why the Lindsay Clancy Trial Ended in a Deadlock
Eren Orbey writes that both the prosecution and the defense tried to tell tidy stories, but five weeks of testimony…
How Donald Trump Outmaneuvers the Supreme Court
Ruth Marcus writes about the Supreme Court’s emergency-docket decisions to allow Donald Trump’s ballroom to be built and mail-in ballots…