Afrikaner ‘Refugees’ Welcome
Trump wants to “promote the resettlement” of white South Africans.
The Great Political Sort Is Happening at the Office
Social workers are Democrats. Real-estate brokers are Republicans. What does your job say about your politics?
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
Why No One Can Fix the Broken Licensing System
Scholars and activists haven’t paid enough attention to the role that state boards play in perpetuating both over- and under-regulation.
What Happens When Bird Flu Gets Worse?
Most of Trump’s health picks are uninterested in using most of the tools that can limit the spread of infectious disease.
A New Kind of Crisis for American Universities
The ivory tower has been breached.
The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified
Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.
The World’s Most Powerful Unelected Bureaucrat
Donald Trump said he’d return decision making to democratically elected officials. Instead, he’s handed it over to the world’s richest man.
What Trump Is Getting From Eric Adams
The mayor bent the knee, and his reward has arrived.
Should I Leave My American Partner?
I love him, but I don’t know if I can live in the U.S. forever.
The ‘Exciting Business Opportunity’ That Ruined Our Lives
Amway sold my family a life built on delusion.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
The Cruel Attack on USAID
Trump’s assault on the aid agency poses a haunting question.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
How Trump Lost His Trade War
When the U.S. breaks its treaties, only China wins.
What Is AI Distillation?
And what does it mean if DeepSeek did it?
The New Authoritarianism
This isn’t single-party rule, but it’s not democracy either.
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
What an ‘America First’ Diet Would Really Look Like
The notion that the U.S. could produce all of its food domestically is nice, but very far from reality.
Confessions of a Republican Exile
A longtime conservative, alienated by Trumpism, tries to come to terms with life on the moderate edge of the Democratic Party.
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