Narrative Vehicles
Renee Good's ICE shooting was filmed by bystanders. Most shootings into allegedly "weaponized vehicles" produce no competing footage at all.
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admin DOGE Has Made Americans Less Safe
Hurricanes. Terrorism. Identity theft. DOGE’s year-long campaign of destruction has left all of us more vulnerable to threats.
What is Political Courage?
It’s more complicated than just bucking one’s party or president. What I learned from Representatives Peter Meijer, Tom Suozzi, Don…
Burning the Past to Build the Future
Anthropic’s Project Panama is devouring old books for the human writing its technology is making increasingly hard to find.
The Disintegration of the U.S. Military Under Trump and Beyond
Russia’s woes in Ukraine reflect its autocracy, corruption, and dismal choices. Sounds like the Pentagon under Pete Hegseth.
How Universities Won Their Battle with Trump
And why they have been able to resist his authoritarian demands while the business world capitulates.
To Mend Fences in Michigan, El-Sayed Should Stop Talking About Israel
More division is not what El-Sayed needs to stitch together a winning general election coalition.
Get Smart: Our Summer Reading Roundup
Here are some of our editors’ and reviewers’ top picks so far this year for policy and political nonfiction.
The Doctor Shortage Is Here—and Getting Worse
America should start treating its physician workforce as the strategic national asset it is before it’s too late.
A Better Celebration of America at 250
The new Lincoln Memorial Undercroft museum enshrines America’s highest ideals, however unrealized.