Recent articles
October 17, 2026
‘If Slaughterhouses Had Glass Walls’
An undercover video offers a grim tableau of where our meat comes from.
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October 10, 2026
How Is Child Marriage Still Legal in the U.S.?
Children are still allowed to marry here in the United States because of zealots on the left and right alike.
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October 3, 2026
Trump’s War Empowers Extremists in Iran
Threats to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty are growing in Tehran.
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September 26, 2026
The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N.
Trump’s attack on global institutions leaves us helpless before a growing array of challenges.
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September 19, 2026
Trump and Xi Can Make Progress on A.I.
Xi is in the driver’s seat, reflecting American weakness, but there still may be some space for limited advances.
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September 12, 2026
Biden and Trump Called It a Genocide and Then Turned Away
We know how to stop the atrocities in Sudan. There’s just too little interest in doing so.
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September 9, 2026
The Data Center Conundrum
Let’s learn from Nordic Countries: If America actually supported workers, we’d have a better shot at embracing technological change.
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August 22, 2026
Is Andy Beshear of Kentucky the Next Bill Clinton?
A Democratic governor popular in a state that glows red offers lessons for winning working-class voters. For one, speak plain English.
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August 15, 2026
Where the Teacher Is a Hero
The Trump administration is squeezing struggling Americans with benefit cuts, but ordinary people are stepping up to help.
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August 12, 2026
Israeli Settlers Are Out of Control
If Netanyahu is ousted in October’s balloting, don’t expect peace to break out, but the worst violence might be reined in.
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August 8, 2026
What American Poverty Looks Like
A Latin American sees homes that have air-conditioning but are racked by addiction and puzzles over what it means to be poor.
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August 1, 2026
Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper
Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.
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July 29, 2026
What Our Epstein Outrage Has Obscured
It’s easy to shake our fists at a monster. It would be more effective to actually help exploited girls.
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July 25, 2026
The Dead End to Trump’s ‘Perfect’ War
Worst of all, the result may be that both Iran and Saudi Arabia end up with nuclear weapons.
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