What do oil companies, ultraconservative think tanks, and billionaires agree on regarding global warming? Perhaps that it is propaganda, pseudoscience, or a hoax? Or perhaps something more paradoxical: that they have found its solution. For dec...
Under the cover of night, small boats depart from the Libyan coastline, headed toward sanctuary in Italy. Packed onto rickety vessels and often bought and traded by armed gangs, thousands of migrants and refugees face grueling challenges on the...
Players of popular open-world racing game The Crew knew the servers would eventually shut down. Ubisoft had announced the game’s end date well in advance — but when that day arrived, it vanished from players’ libraries, with no ‘offline m...
The AI wave rippling through the US economy has raised both excitement and alarm. As an immense amount of capital changes hands between companies in the industry and investments in AI make up an increasing share of US GDP growth, some analysts now pr...
The AI wave rippling through the US economy has raised both excitement and alarm. As an immense amount of capital changes hands between companies in the industry and investments in AI make up an increasing share of US GDP growth, some analysts now pr...
During the 18th century, the French colony of Saint-Domingue was the most lucrative in the world. Its wealth was derived in large part from sugar plantations, which were owned by a white landed class and labored on by West and Central African slaves....
During the 18th century, the French colony of Saint-Domingue was the most lucrative in the world. Its wealth was derived in large part from sugar plantations, which were owned by a white landed class and labored on by West and Central African slaves....
Fast forward 500 years: Humans have founded research colonies on the Moon and Mars, scientists are working on how to land on Jupiter, and the dream of reaching Saturn is on the table. While this expansive vision of space progress is exciting, one nee...
Fast forward 500 years: Humans have founded research colonies on the Moon and Mars, scientists are working on how to land on Jupiter, and the dream of reaching Saturn is on the table. While this expansive vision of space progress is exciting, one nee...
President Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout plan for Argentina represents a resurrection of dollar diplomacy—a term describing the practice of using US financial power to influence foreign politics. Over the 20th century, the dollar became incre...
President Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout plan for Argentina represents a resurrection of dollar diplomacy—a term describing the practice of using US financial power to influence foreign politics. Over the 20th century, the dollar became incre...
“Ok Boomer Time’s Up!” read a cardboard sign, clutched tightly in the hands of a Nepalese boy still in his school uniform. He stood among thousands of others on the streets in Kathmandu, Nepal. They called for an end to the government’s socia...
“Ok Boomer Time’s Up!” read a cardboard sign, clutched tightly in the hands of a Nepalese boy still in his school uniform. He stood among thousands of others on the streets in Kathmandu, Nepal. They called for an end to the government’s socia...
The 2015 film Sicario by French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve features US strikes and troop deployments to combat Latin American “narco-terrorist” drug cartels across the Southern border. After FBI agents raid a cartel safe house and discove...
The 2015 film Sicario by French-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve features US strikes and troop deployments to combat Latin American “narco-terrorist” drug cartels across the Southern border. After FBI agents raid a cartel safe house and discove...
Croydon, New Hampshire—a town of about 800 nestled amongst rolling hills and pristine ponds, where an 18th-century one-room schoolhouse still operates—lies just miles from American playwright Thornton Wilder’s fictional Grover’s Corners. Croy...
Croydon, New Hampshire—a town of about 800 nestled amongst rolling hills and pristine ponds, where an 18th-century one-room schoolhouse still operates—lies just miles from American playwright Thornton Wilder’s fictional Grover’s Corners. Croy...
In a Reddit video posted this year under “r/combatfootage,” a Reddit forum dedicated to proliferating battlefield war footage, a Russian soldier immediately commits suicide using his own rifle after his comrades are wounded by an exploding first-...
In a Reddit video posted this year under “r/combatfootage,” a Reddit forum dedicated to proliferating battlefield war footage, a Russian soldier immediately commits suicide using his own rifle after his comrades are wounded by an exploding first-...
Leaves burst into a dizzying array of colors, softly alighting on the ground with each new gust of wind. Rain rivulets stream down a foggy window pane as embers crackle in the enchanting glow of a fireplace. For some, autumn descends in these details...
Leaves burst into a dizzying array of colors, softly alighting on the ground with each new gust of wind. Rain rivulets stream down a foggy window pane as embers crackle in the enchanting glow of a fireplace. For some, autumn descends in these details...
At a DC conference this September, a coalition of politicians, Yes In My Back Yard (YIMBY) activists, investors, academics, and 2000s-era policy wonk bloggers-turned Substack writers rallied behind a common cause: the Abundance Agenda. The guest list...
At a DC conference this September, a coalition of politicians, Yes In My Back Yard (YIMBY) activists, investors, academics, and 2000s-era policy wonk bloggers-turned Substack writers rallied behind a common cause: the Abundance Agenda. The guest list...
That Facebook message may be more than a simple request from an old friend pushing you to try a new skincare product. It could be an entry point into far-right radicalization. From the outburst of Tupperware parties in the 1960s to the widespre...
That Facebook message may be more than a simple request from an old friend pushing you to try a new skincare product. It could be an entry point into far-right radicalization. From the outburst of Tupperware parties in the 1960s to the widespre...
When New York City’s congestion pricing plan launched on January 5, 2025, the sky did not fall—but traffic did. After months of political struggle and years of public debate, the policy delivered what its advocates promised: Vehicle entries south...
When New York City’s congestion pricing plan launched on January 5, 2025, the sky did not fall—but traffic did. After months of political struggle and years of public debate, the policy delivered what its advocates promised: Vehicle entries south...