Spotlight Story
The Future of Democracy
We are living through a moment that has forced us to confront an old question with new urgency: Can American democracy survive?
In the Headlines
I Typed “Block the Merger.” AI Revised it to “Drop Your Opposition.”
On the afternoon of August 20, I visited the website of a shadowy group called Neighbors for Strong Communities. Days earlier, it had begun spamming Californians’ phones with a bullying warning: Paramount might leave the state, taking thousands of jobs with it, unless Attorney General Rob Bonta settled the lawsuit he and 11 other AGs filed to block the …
Culture Corner
Gloria Steinem Understood the Radical Power of Storytelling
Gloria Steinem, the author, activist, Ms. magazine co-founder, and lifelong champion of women’s rights, died Wednesday at her home in Manhattan. She was ninety-two.
Sports and Stuff
New NFL Season, Same Old Drama
By Carron J. Phillips
Kick off: CTE data, Jed York, and the ongoing hypocrisy of America’s most popular sports league
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