The fallout from Louisiana v. Callais has been nothing short of tragic, with terrible echoes of the past. As Reconstruction ended in 1877, states in the South either killed, expelled, or used other means to force out Black legislators. Over the last two weeks, freed from abiding by Section 2Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — In the 2024 election, hundreds of social media influencers were credentialed for the first time to attend the Democratic and Republican conventions. They have been invited to holiday parties in the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion, to political rallies in Texas and to events at the White House by both the BidenContinue Reading
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Here’s some news that might shock you. It turns out that turning late-night entertainment programs into soapboxes for their hosts’ leftist political views may have damaged the format. We learned this from Variety, which reports that Stephen Colbert’s push into politics might have ultimately hurt late-night TV. — Variety (@Variety)Continue Reading
A year has passed since conflict broke out between India and Pakistan, briefly raising fears of an all-out war between the two nuclear powers. While violent conflict between the neighbours has been commonplace for the past 80 years, this latest round of fighting felt different. Both sides used new weaponsContinue Reading
commentary The HHS Secretary’s attacks on psychiatric medication follow a pattern of putting politics over public health Published May 18, 2026 6:45AM (EDT) Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The siren call was apparently irresistible. “Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants,”Continue Reading
On a cool, drizzly day in Oakland, California, the film director Boots Riley often seemed less like a person than like a landmark—clockable from a distance. In part, this was because Riley, who is fifty-five, wore a gargantuan, lumpy tomato-red felt hat with a wide brim, like the cowboy hatContinue Reading
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The image of peer superpowers during President Trump’s visit displayed a dynamic that analysts say the Chinese have long sought and Americans had resisted…Read MoreContinue Reading
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