The New Abortion Prohibition Era

Americans disagree about abortion. This is the understatement of 2022, yet it bears repeating in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the June Supreme Court decision that returned abortion policy to state and federal legislatures. Ten states have already banned abortion and another four have prohibited abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, which amounts to nearly the same thing.

Happy 80th, Senator!

Time to go. We’ve always had a minimum age to serve in Congress. How about a max?

"We Need To Take Away Children."

The secret history of the U.S. government's family-separation policy

The Greatest Talker of His Time

Felix Frankfurter was an eloquent liberal champion of judicial restraint. Is it time for a reappraisal?

Death, Incorporated

How Putin's mercenary army known as the Wagner Group does the Kremlin's dirtiest work in Ukraine and in conflict zones around the world.

Beijing's Big Bet

China's pursuit of israeli technology is key to its plan to expand its global economic and military power. The U.S. is not happy

After Uvalde, Irrelevant Gun Control Proposals

The horrifying May 24 massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, which killed 19 children and two adults, happened just 10 days after a gunman murdered 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.

What Will the Amazon Slayer Do Next?

Chris Smalls became the new face of labor when he spearheaded a unionization drive at a packing facility in staten island. Now he is trying to replicate that success across the country.

Crypto Plunge is Cautionary Tale for Public Pension Funds

When the Houston Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund bought $25 million in cryptocurrencies, with the fund’s chief investment officer touting their potential, retired fire Capt. Russell Harris was concerned.

Awaiting the Adams Doctrine

Six months into a highly energetic mayoralty, how has Eric Adams changed the city-if at all?

Food for Thought: With the Grain

A simple, well-tested method for staving off world hunger

Torn Apart

I have studied child protective services for decades. It needs to be abolished.

God's Plan

Christian anti-abortion activists are gearing up to go after birth control. And they have surprising allies.

We Have No Nuclear Strategy

The U.S. can't keep ignoring the threat these weapons pose.

Back to Chagos

Half a century ago, 2,000 people were forcibly removed from a remote string of islands in the middle of the indian ocean. This year, a group of them set sail for home.

What Men Can Expect in a Post-Roe World

All Americans should know how to get abortion pills

Dianne Feinstein is American Politics

Over the course of 52 years in elected office, she believed she could use the system for good. Despite everything, she still does.

What Science Says About Abortion

Overturning Roe won’t stop states from tying abortion access to fetal viability

Forever Toxic

The fight over a tunnel project in Antwerp has revealed that the forever chemical PFOS, made there by 3M, is in the water, the soil, and the people. And now 3M is the focus of a criminal investigation.

Dr. Jill Biden – A First Lady Undeterred

A pandemic. A war. A country at its breaking point. Dr. Jill Biden has faced it all with the grace and conviction that has guided her all her life showing up for her students, her friends and family, the american people, her husband, and herself.

Christopher Alexander's Utopian Blueprint

Imagine a Federation of independent regions. Each of its cities is a mosaic of distinctive, self-governing neighborhoods, where "people can choose the kind of subculture they wish to live in, and can still experience many ways of life different from their own."

Medieval Geopolitics Help Explain Modern Russia and Ukraine

Explanations for Russia's 2022 war in Ukraine often go back to 2014, when the Revolution of Dignity replaced Kremlin ally Viktor Yanukovych with a pro-Western government and Vladimir Putin responded by annexing Crimea and sponsoring separatist enclaves in Eastern Ukraine.

Biden Can't Pin Inflation on Putin

If Biden is looking to spread the blame for inflation evenly, he should look in the mirror.

The Weird World of Watergate

Fifty years later, the motive behind the mother of all modern political scandals remains clouded.

Zoning vs. the Good Samaritan

How labyrinthine zoning rules restricted homeless shelters during the pandemic

Break The Revenge Cycle

Modern politics has dragged us back to the "eye for an eye" days. There's one key phrase that can disarm vengeance, though-and it's simple enough a kid can learn it.

Video Game Workers Create First Union At Big U.S. Game Maker

Video game workers at a division of game publisher Activision Blizzard have voted to unionize, creating the first labor union at a large U.S. video game company.

There Has to Be a Backup Plan.

Inside the 2024 soul-searching that's happening in every corner of the Democratic Party-except the White House.

Their Fight Is Our Fight

The truth is kryptonite for authoritarians and oligarchs-in Russia, and here at home.

Wild Goose Chase

Elizabeth Warren's years-long battle to rein in private equity has been a lonely one.