He once craved responsibility and tried to give a right-wing audience real news. They didn't want it. And he adjusted with a vengeance. By Alex Shephard |
Can meat grown in a laboratory help save the planet? And if it can, what’s standing in our way? By Kate Aronoff |
Bipartisanship might not be dead. But it is on life support. And it’s long past time we pulled the plug. By Osita Nwanevu |
Donald Trump Jr. teases about a political future. But what do we really know about him? In Charleston County, South Carolina, they know more than most. By Joe Rubin |
Charter Schools’ Scary Future As Democrats withdraw support, we may see a future in which charters turn rightward—while still getting federal funding. By Jennifer C. Berkshire |
Nevada’s Blue Wave Once reliably Republican, the state has suddenly become a laboratory of progressive experimentation. By Matt Ford |
Charlie Kirk’s Sick Logic The leader of Turning Point USA made his name as a campus free-speech warrior. Now, he’s vying to be the conservative movement’s most committed anti-vaxxer. By Jake Bittle |
Is It Finally Curtains for Roe? As the Supreme Court starts its fall term, we’ll learn whether the new conservative majority respects the court’s own precedents. By Brianne Gorod |
The Afterlives of E.M. Forster For decades, Forster could not publish his novel of gay love, Maurice. Its importance in his work and to the writers he nurtured is only just becoming clear. By Alexander Chee |
Has Amazon Changed Fiction? Mark McGurl’s new book defines a frightening new era of literature, honed to Jeff Bezos’s algorithm. By Kyle Chayka |
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