A city long comfortable calling itself progressive is now being asked whether it means it. Ann Arbor, Michigan — a university town that has reliably sent Democrats to office for a quarter century — is hosting one of the most…
The Trump administration terminated an $18 million federal grant to study whether replacing gas stoves reduces asthma symptoms — and the researchers published their findings anyway. What they found, even with barely a tenth of the intended sample, should disturb…
Meta’s AI infrastructure buildout is consuming nearly every dollar the company generates in free cash. In the second quarter of 2026, the social media giant reported free cash flow of just $784 million — a staggering 91% collapse from the…
More than a year ago, Monroe Township in Gloucester County quietly amended its local redevelopment plan to include data centers as a principal permitted use. Online municipal records show the town adopted a “Hexa Builders Redevelopment Plan” that explicitly opened…
When Governor Kathy Hochul asked New Yorkers to voluntarily reduce their energy use during a July heat wave, the Republican National Committee called her a communist. The charge was not just wrong — it was a deliberate distortion of a…
The tension between sports media and political commentary did not begin overnight. It crystallized in the summer of 2016, when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem to protest police violence against Black Americans —…
The Everglades restoration is one of the most ambitious environmental projects in American history. A federal-state partnership under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan is working to revive the natural water flow across South Florida’s interconnected ecosystems — a landscape that…
A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) suggests that Waymo’s autonomous robotaxis are involved in significantly fewer crashes than vehicles driven by humans. At first glance, the conclusion appears to reinforce the narrative that self-driving technology…
A System That Rewards Attendance Over Achievement More than 40% of New York City public school students in grades 3 through 8 failed state standardized tests in math and English this year — yet the city held back just 0.4%…
A Senator’s Stark Language Reflects a Broader Strategic Drift Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) used a televised appearance Sunday to signal that President Trump is committed to the ongoing military campaign against Iran — and to deploy some of the most…