Why MAGA Wants You to Think Slavery Wasn’t That Bad
Both the left and the right try to co-opt it, but the real story of American slavery doesn’t serve any one faction.
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Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
Carrie Prejean Boller Is Not Going Quietly
The former beauty queen, dismissed from Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, says that it’s “anti-Christian” to accuse her of anti-Semitism.
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine
American doctors are no longer united on the wisdom of medicalizing gender dysphoria in minors.
Trump Has a Bridge He Wants to Sell You
The president’s closure of a trade route from Detroit to Windsor will help a billionaire and hurt basically everyone else.
The Multibillion-Dollar Foundation That Controls the Humanities
Is the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation the last best hope for American arts and letters—or is it killing them?
Five Basic Truths About America’s Most Polarizing Policy Debate
Lawmakers need to acknowledge these realities about immigration if they want to implement policy that is both popular and in the nation’s best interest.
What Is Kari Lake Trying to Achieve?
The Arizona politician has wasted millions of dollars while blocking U.S. efforts to bring reliable news to repressive countries.
People Who Don’t Understand Downtowns Are Destroying Them
A far-fetched plan to demolish Dallas’s seat of government reflects the city’s diminished role in the region.