Show Us Your Face
The federal government should prohibit the wearing of masks by ICE agents and require them to properly identify themselves.
How Public Health Discredited Itself
To earn back the respect of Americans, the profession needs to return to its original principles.
The U.S. Is Switching Sides
Donald Trump is giving Vladimir Putin every incentive to keep killing Ukrainians.
American Bloodshed
Political violence poses an existential threat to our nation and our freedoms—but it’s not too late.
Why Evangelicals Turned Their Back on PEPFAR
A religious movement that has so often taken public stands has been unusually quiet since Trump gutted the program to combat AIDS in Africa.
Annoying People to Death
Why the Medicaid work requirement is a terrible idea.
The Missing Piece of RFK Jr.’s Agenda
The health secretary has been noticeably quiet about a major MAHA obsession: sleep.
Christian Kids Deserve Better Than The King of Kings
Adaptations of Biblical stories too often settle for capturing their lessons, not their spirit.
That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
The Most Mysterious Cells in Our Bodies Don’t Belong to Us
You carry literal pieces of your mom—and maybe your grandma, and your siblings, and your aunts and uncles.
The Whole Country Is Starting to Look Like California
Housing prices are rising fast in red and purple states known for being easy places to build. How can that be?
The Most Perverse Part of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
The Republican megabill could be setting America up for the worst energy-affordability crisis since the 1970s.
RFK Jr.’s Autism Time Machine
The health secretary’s approach to the condition gives the impression that two decades of research simply never happened.
Why Can’t Americans Sleep?
Insomnia has become a public-health emergency.
Trump’s Only-Okay Economy
He hasn’t crashed it, but he hasn’t made it great either. That’s a problem.
What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane
Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.