Many Americans worked through the worst of the pandemic in jobs that exposed them to Covid. These people are working still, as many others retreat to safety again amid the surge of the Delta variant.

Spencer Ackerman’s new book argues that the forever wars created the conditions for Trump’s rise.

How public interest groups inadvertently aided the right’s ascendency

Do we give the activist groups of the 1960s more credit than they deserve?

The Virgin magnate is battling fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the race to turn outer space into a playground for the rich.

It’s easy to hate the internet. Patricia Lockwood is the rare writer who delights in its chaos.

Hollywood rarely lets women have fun—and get away with it.

Thanks to one judge, members of the family that made billions from OxyContin could escape justice for their role in the opioid epidemic. Mike Quinn may be the best hope of holding them to account.

Why do game studios keep imploding?

An internet huckster got rich selling a sex enhancement supplement named Stiff Nights. Then the FDA sampled his wares.

In an unequal economy, even some of the winners are unhappy.

An uptick in homicides across the country is getting blamed on reforms. That argument gets the data all wrong.

Why so many white Americans claim to be “allies” in the fight for racial justice

Republicans rigged the IRS in favor of the rich. Biden can revive the agency to serve the rest of us.

The famed economist’s theories were embraced by Beltway power brokers in both parties. Finally, a Democratic president is turning the page on a legacy of ruin.

American democracy may perish from the earth.

Juneteenth is an opportunity to recover the possibilities of history

A year ago, Christopher Rufo was an obscure documentarian. Now, he’s being invited on Tucker Carlson’s show to gin up fears of Marxism in America.