Newsweek US
The Next Phase of War
After thousands of elite soldiers from North Korea joined Vladimir Putin’s forces against Ukraine, how has this latest move affected the conflict?
6 min |
November 29, 2024
Newsweek US
My Fight for Equality and Justice
It will take more than just science to end AIDS. Inclusion, empathy and compassion are essential, too
3 min |
November 29, 2024
Newsweek US
America's Best CONTINUING CARE
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, RESTAURANTstyle dining, unlimited pickleball-an impressive number of amenities are becoming standard at Continuing Care Retirement Communities.
4 min |
November 29, 2024
Reason magazine
Trump's $2 Trillion?
\"AT LEAST $2 trillion\" was Elon Musk's casual preelection response when asked how much a new Donald Trump administration could cut from the federal government.
4 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Taxpocalypse
WHEN THE NEW session of Congress opens on January 3, the clock will already be ticking toward the most important set of fiscal decisions lawmakers will make this decade.
4 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Civil Liberties Lost Under COVID
WHEN JOE BIDEN was sworn in as president in January 2021, he had good reason to be optimistic about the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Trade Policy Amnesia
WHILE HE WAS interviewing for the job, President Joe Biden demonstrated an acute awareness of how tariffs work. It's worrisome that he seems to have forgotten that or, worse, chosen to ignore it-since he's been president.
2 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
No Longer a World Heritage Site, Liverpool Evolves and Thrives
IN 2021, LIVERPOOL made global headlines when the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) revoked its World Heritage status, citing new development along the waterfront as causing the \"serious deterioration and irreversible loss\" of the area's historic value.
3 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Don't Credit Drug Warriors for Reducing Overdoses
DURING THEIR PRESIDENTIAL campaigns, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both promised to fight substance abuse by disrupting the drug supply.
2 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Musical Surveillance
SOMEWHERE IN SAN Francisco's Mission District, they say a solar-powered phone is concealed in a box atop a pole.
2 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Q&A Mark Calabria
IF YOU HAVE a mortgage on your home, the odds are that it's backed by one of two congressionally chartered, government-sponsored enterprises (GSES), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
3 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Amanda Knox Tells Her Own Story
\"OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM RELIES UPON OUR OWN IGNORANCE AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR RIGHTS ARE.\"
10+ min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Lawlessness and Liberalism
THE UNITED STATES is notorious both for mass incarceration and for militarized police forces.
5 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Bye, Joe
AMERICA'S 46th president is headed out the door. After a single term marked by ambitious plans but modest follow-through, Joe Biden is wrapping up his time in office and somewhat reluctantly shuffling off into the sunset.
1 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Libertarianism From the Ground Up
ARGUMENTS FOR LIBERTARIANISM typically take two forms. Some libertarians base their creed on natural rights-the idea that each individual has an inborn right to self-ownership, or freedom from aggression, or whatever-and proceed to argue that only a libertarian political regime is compatible with those rights.
5 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
More Creative Corruption
IN SEPTEMBER 2024, federal officials indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams on charges including wire fraud and bribery.
3 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
The Great American City Upon a Hill Is Always Under Construction
AMERICA'S UTOPIAN DREAMS LEAD TO URBAN EXPERIMENTATION.
10 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
EVERY BODY HATES PRICES
BUT THEY HELP US DECIDE BETWEEN BOURBON AND BACONATORS.
10+ min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Glucose Monitors Are Finally Available Over the Counter
THE U.S. FOOD and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the first continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) for over-the-counter sale-a major win for health freedom and common sense.
3 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Nuclear Power Saves Lives
THE PANIC FOLLOWING the catastrophic meltdown of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in the Soviet Union in April 1986 resulted in nearly 400 fewer new nuclear power plants being built than had been projected.
2 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Why Kamala Harris Lost
FEW REALISTIC POLITICAL observers expected a blowout for Kamala Harris.
3 min |
January 2025
Reason magazine
Politics Without Journalism
THE 2024 CAMPAIGN WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT FOR THE WAY WE PROCESS PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
10+ min |
January 2025
The Atlantic
Teaching Lucy
She was a superstar of American education. Then she was blamed for the country's literacy crisis. Can Lucy Calkins reclaim her good name?
10+ min |
December 2024
The Atlantic
A BOXER ON DEATH ROW
Iwao Hakamada spent an unprecedented five decades awaiting execution. Each day he woke up unsure whether it would be his last.
10+ min |
December 2024
The Atlantic
Culture Critics
Nick Cave Wants to Be Good \"I was just a nasty little guy.\"
9 min |
December 2024
The Atlantic
The Magic Mountain Saved My Life
When I was young and adrift, Thomas Manns novel gave me a sense of purpose. Today, its vision is startlingly relevant.
10+ min |
December 2024
The Atlantic
The Dark Origins of Impressionism
How the violence and deprivation of war inspired light-filled masterpieces
10+ min |
December 2024
The Atlantic
DISPATCHES
HOW TO BUILD A PALESTINIAN STATE There's still a way.
10+ min |
December 2024
The Atlantic
The Weirdest Hit in History
How Handel's Messiah became Western music's first classic
8 min |
December 2024
The Atlantic
Against Type
How Jimmy O Yang became a main character
10+ min |