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Archives for May 2026

Politics
What does the post-Voting Rights Act world look like?What does the post-Voting Rights Act world look like?
Politics

Democrats will have to balance racial representation with political reality.

By Christian Paz
The Logoff
The FBI investigates a journalistThe FBI investigates a journalist
The Logoff

How Kash Patel is weaponizing the FBI, briefly explained.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
5 ways the Iran standoff could end5 ways the Iran standoff could end
Politics

Is the US on the verge of a deal with Iran or a return to war?

By Joshua Keating
Future Perfect
The backlash to Billie Eilish’s vegan comments explains a lot about the American left (and everyone else)The backlash to Billie Eilish’s vegan comments explains a lot about the American left (and everyone else)
Future Perfect

Why are American leftists so reluctant to confront the meat industry?

By Kenny Torrella
Climate
How a “super El Niño” could create record-breaking warmingHow a “super El Niño” could create record-breaking warming
Climate

El Niño is coming. And its impacts may last far longer than it does.

By Bob Berwyn
Culture
Anthropic owes authors $1.5B for pirating work — but the claims process is a Kafkaesque messAnthropic owes authors $1.5B for pirating work — but the claims process is a Kafkaesque mess
Culture

“Your AI monster ate all our work. Now you’re trying to pay us off with this piece of garbage that doesn’t work.”

By Constance Grady
Politics
The Supreme Court broke democracy by saying the quiet part out loudThe Supreme Court broke democracy by saying the quiet part out loud
Politics

SCOTUS has lost its sense of when to shut up.

By Ian Millhiser
The Logoff
What Trump’s ballroom could cost youWhat Trump’s ballroom could cost you
The Logoff

Trump claimed the ballroom would be “free of charge.” It could cost taxpayers $1 billion.

By Cameron Peters
Health
Falling birth rates don’t have to be a crisisFalling birth rates don’t have to be a crisis
Health

Here’s how America can age gracefully.

By Elliot Haspel
Today, Explained newsletter
Every airline is Spirit Airlines nowEvery airline is Spirit Airlines now
Today, Explained newsletter

How Spirit changed the way we travel.

By Caitlin Dewey
Politics
Ukraine’s fight against Russia is going better than you might thinkUkraine’s fight against Russia is going better than you might think
Politics

The war in Iran looked like a gift for Russia. It hasn’t worked out that way.

By Joshua Keating
Politics
A decades-long plan to abolish the Electoral College may finally pay offA decades-long plan to abolish the Electoral College may finally pay off
Politics

Democrats could be one midterm wave away from instituting a national popular vote. Should they?

By Andrew Prokop
The Logoff
Trump eyes a new construction projectTrump eyes a new construction project
The Logoff

Part-time president, full-time developer.

By Cameron Peters
Podcasts
Inside the $600 billion “sleep tourism” industryInside the $600 billion “sleep tourism” industry
Podcast
Podcasts

I went to a $2,000 hotel and all I got was this really good night of sleep.

By Peter Balonon-Rosen and Noel King
Podcasts
Why teens in DC and elsewhere are staging “takeovers”Why teens in DC and elsewhere are staging “takeovers”
Podcast
Podcasts

It’s 10 pm. Do you know where your children are?

By Hady Mawajdeh and Sean Rameswaram