Trump pledged to rebuild cities like Detroit. Instead, his policies have made urban life increasingly unaffordable, forcing working- and middle-class residents to absorb the costs of a...
Trump promised to revive rural America. Instead, trade wars, soaring input costs, and industry consolidation are pushing family farms to the brink
In a moment that echoes Great Depression economic anxiety, today’s Democrats have a blueprint in Roosevelt. Will the party heed history’s lessons on affordability?
Journalism isn’t just about telling stories. It's also about who tells them
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News & Issues
Two decades after 9/11, the outcomes of U.S. military interventions in the Middle East—from ISIS to regional instability—raise hard questions about cost, accountability, and...
What the War on Terror Built
Trump’s foreign policy treats global alliances as protection rackets reminiscent of historical tribute systems: pay up, submit, or face threats.
The United States has been trying to shape Iran since 1953. Every attempt has left the country more unstable and the two nations further apart.
Days before the first primaries of 2026, reports suggest Trump allies are encouraging the use of emergency authority to reshape election administration, reviving foreign interference...
Culture
From Shakespeare to sexbots, centuries of culture and commerce have rehearsed the same fantasy: if women cannot be controlled as people, they can be remade as objects.
Women’s “Fatal Flaw” Has Always Been Their Humanity
Years after losing her adoptive parents, she sought out her birth mother to fill a childhood ache. It all led to unexpected answers.
As crises and news events pile up, the connection between them becomes the story the American media machine is least equipped to cover.
Abuse, denial, and political impunity are eroding social trust and creating cognitive dissonance. What is the antidote?
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Science
CNN’s revelations about rape content online are not a content moderation failure alone, but the predictable outcome of engagement-at-all-costs design.
Social Media Built a Market for Sexual Violence
Across the U.S., massive data centers are rising to power generative AI. The hype echoes how the railroad barons once sold their vision of the future leaving the public paying the...
As political instability rises, so does fear, cynicism, and disengagement. It’s an emotional fatigue wholly linked to national turmoil.
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.
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.