Abuse, denial, and political impunity are eroding social trust and creating cognitive dissonance. What is the antidote?
By flooding the system with one outrageous act after the other, the Trump administration sidelines Congress and exhausts the public. His power concentrates while the problems...
Trump is testing how much he can control the vote. While the courts have blocked his efforts so far, can the states hold fast through the intimidation?
Journalism isn’t just about telling stories. It's also about who tells them
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News & Issues
Democracies do not fall from a single blow, but from cascading failures that overwhelm public attention. The U.S. is now in the midst of deliberate, converging assaults on American life...
America’s Polycrisis Has Arrived
‘State capture’ systematically rewires government so public power feeds private wealth, and it’s an authoritarian framework undoing American democracy.
The president has always wanted to devour and destroy everything in his path. With an administration full of enablers, is there any way to stop him?
Trump's rants about taking over Greenland and Canada isn’t just idle talk, and neither is military action in Mexico. Here’s what to expect.
Culture
After years of unsatisfying relationships, the writer had reason to believe that sex with men could never be equitable. But the hot, sexy new HBO series about a secret romance between...
‘Heated Rivalry’ Renewed My Faith in Sex With Men
News coverage was quick to normalize Trump's unilateral declaration of war on Venezuela earlier this month, reminiscent of the time President George W. Bush sent troops to Iraq after...
LGBTQ people — especially trans people — shouldn't feel guilty for choosing not to spend the holidays with the people who support the regime that wants to eradicate them.
From Scott Galloway to Tucker Carlson, the panic over endangered manhood isn’t helping boys — it’s enforcing the same rigid gender rules that harm everyone.
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Science
Fifteen years ago, feminists started to voice their criticisms of hormonal contraception, hoping drug companies would take note. Instead it gave birth to a backlash.
How MAHA Seized Hold of the Birth Control Conversation
Twenty-five years ago, a French medication developed in the 1980s called RU-486, now known as mifepristone, became available in the U.S. market. Since the Dobbs decision, it's helped...
Entropy is a scientific concept that measures the probability of disorder. When applied to the history of dictatorial regimes, it can often reveal that eventually autocrats overplay...
Many of us wear smartwatches with tracking technology to monitor our step counts, sleep, oxygen saturation, even menstrual cycles, to help detect health issues early. Now wearing them...
Podcasts
The long history of pool segregation: from the pre-Civil Rights Era to modern day defacto segregation
Episode One: Perilous Waters
There are plenty viral news stories where people of color have been confronted in public spaces, but there’s a long history of the policing of public spaces.
Late-night pioneer Robin Thede joins Ashley to answer listeners' questions about navigating working relationships, and turning pettiness into power.
Ellevest CEO Sallie Krawcheck reminds women of the key to true gender equality: Learning to take control of our money is the only way to dismantle the patriarchy.