Jack McCordick

In “The Technological Republic,” the Palantir CEO exhorts Silicon Valley to embrace techno-militarism in the service of furthering American global supremacy.

A new documentary explores Robert Putnam’s life and work.

Jason De León’s ambitious ethnography paints human smugglers not as inhuman villains but as individuals navigating an inhuman system.

A new paper says two university research centers have essentially functioned as a P.R. arm for the meat industry.

John Washington has spent years reporting on the U.S.-Mexico border. In a new book, he makes the case for its abolition.

The key figure in a second Trump term won't be the former president—it will be the master of the dark arts seated at his side.

The American Principles Project has lost election after election but its influence in the GOP is still growing.

A car is a necessity in most parts of the U.S. It also exposes drivers to fines, police harassment, and predatory loans.

A sociologist spoke with 50 gun sellers about 2020’s dramatic uptick in firearms sales and its effects.

Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway explain how industry groups foisted free-market fundamentalism on the American public and demonized the alternatives.

What would it mean to treat other living creatures fairly?

As the governor plots to topple Sarasota’s New College, the students of the historic liberal arts institution prepare to rise in its defense.

The Nebraska senator is finally getting out of politics after years of never really getting into it.

Timothy Shenk studies how political leaders build popular majorities. He warns that the next big realignment could be led by the right.

Some of the “classical liberals” who founded an ersatz college for “free speech” sure seem more at home in Viktor Orbán’s repressive regime.

The law firm Jones Day was crucial to Trump’s presidency. How much responsibility does the firm bear for his legacy?