by Elizabeth Sepper On the final day of Pride Month, the Supreme Court delivered a blow to gay rights. In 303 Creative vs. Elenis, the conservative supermajority […]
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Thriving, not just surviving
by Steven Roberts By barring the use of race in college admissions, the Supreme Court has focused attention on a critical question: Who gets into the most […]
Drag and First Amendment are fabulous together
by Scott A. Leadingham A deluge of headlines about state laws to restrict drag performances like drag story hours at libraries make it seem like these are […]
Eli Lilly’s new weight-loss drug better than Ozempic
by Lisa Jarvis New data from an experimental drug being developed by Eli Lilly & Co. raises an intriguing question about obesity treatments: How low can the […]
Military recruiting woes a security crisis
by James Stavridis America’s armed services are failing to meet their recruiting goals, with the Army in particular suffering the worst shortfalls in five decades. There are […]
Visual misinformation is widespread on Facebook — and often undercounted by researchers
by Yunkang Yang, Matthew Hindman and Trevor Davis How much misinformation is on Facebook? Several studies have found that the amount of misinformation on Facebook is low […]
‘Bidenomics’ a doctrine by accident
by Matthew Yglesias A string of positive economic news — slowing inflation, an upward revision in gross domestic product, continued strength in the job market, signs of […]
‘Bomb the Mexicans’ new ‘Build the Wall’
by Jean Guerrero When then-President Donald Trump proposed shooting migrants in the legs and firing missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs, he did so in private. […]
Tragedy of capsized migrants barely noticed amid loss of Titan
by Lauren Sowers I know what it’s like to wait for someone lost at sea. When I was 20 years old, working at a music cafe in […]
Republicans promoting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are playing with fire
by Jonathan Bernstein Nominations define parties. But what we’re seeing in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s futile challenge to President Joe Biden is an odd situation in which […]