How digital media pursued viral traffic at all costs and unleashed chaos

Kerry Howley’s new book shows how the government distorts reality to turn whistleblowers into public enemies.

The administration once promised to close privately run immigrant detention centers. Instead, it’s packing them full.

David Graeber’s final book uncovers the politics of the high seas.

Elissa Slotkin made her bones in foreign policy. Now, the Michigan congresswoman is making gun legislation a centerpiece of her campaign for the upper chamber of Congress.

How Charles Portis’s greatest success overshadowed the rest of his work

The Polish Jewish writer was forced to decorate the home of his Nazi captor with fairytale murals. Where does the art belong?

The U.S. representative from Orange County says her old law prof, Elizabeth Warren, has one speed: “full speed ahead.” She’s made waves in the House. But can she whiteboard her way to a Senate seat in a hotly contested race?

Why the two-term congressman, who rose to prominence amid the House speakership fight, is the future of Florida Republicans

In an era of hacks and breaches, the game of spy vs. spy has changed.

Racists from different eras still sound a lot alike.

Jimmie Duncan is on death row in Louisiana based on fraudulent science—but that might not matter if the state’s governorship flips this fall.

The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York has become one of the country’s chief financial watchdogs.

He promised a “digital town square” when he bought Twitter. He has instead promoted right-wing conspiracy theories about Covid-19, Democrats—and even Twitter itself. Welcome to the libertarian superhero capitalist’s conception of the commons.

In her journalism, Malcolm offered devastating portraits of artists, analysts, and frauds. She dreaded receiving the same treatment.

Can the United States and China avoid military conflict?

How a right-wing mania is destroying the social fabric of communities across America

The party wants to move on from Trump and his preferred MAGA candidates. They haven’t convinced their base to go along.