Gen Z’s ‘Jolene’ Is Here
Ella Langley’s country music offers an appealing commodity for this moment: moderation.…
Category: Opinion
The Other Victims of a Wrongful Conviction
For years, I reported on one man’s wrongful incarceration—and ignored the stories of a grieving family who thought…
The Ostrich Effect
Too many institutions are teaching young people to stay quiet.…
The Smithsonian’s Show Trial on Capitol Hill
Republicans grilled a museum head, intensifying Donald Trump’s campaign to reshape the American story.…
More than half of Earth’s migratory bird species are declining – here’s how we can still save them
A new global assessment of the world’s migratory species finds reason for alarm, but also hope – and…
The Worst Part of the Cyclosporiasis Response
As the government began to figure out why people were getting sick, the messaging got only worse.…
The American People Need the Truth About the Iran War
The president and the Pentagon are not being up front about what has happened in more than 20…
The Scariest Part of OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack
Ruthless efficiency has its drawbacks.…
Why Are Groceries So Expensive?
Vincent Smith on rising grocery prices and whether there will be relief anytime soon. Plus: Trump’s broken economic…
The Top Gun: Maverick Theory of Pete Hegseth
Like Tom Cruise in the movie, the defense secretary appears stuck in his past.…