Can dogs be considered “persons” under the law ?
Outside the rural town of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, about 2,000 dogs await their fate in small wire cages. They are...
The false promise of energy independence
The United States has been chasing the rhetorical goal of energy independence — the ability to produce enough domestic energy...
The surprising gender gap at the heart of America’s baby bust
“Across party lines and demographic groups, young men are eager to be dads.” That’s the surprising conclusion that Anna North,...
4 reasons why AI (probably) won’t take your job
AI is coming for the laptop class. While you clack away at your keyboard — writing code or drafting memos...
A high-stakes Texas primary exposed the Democratic Party’s fault lines
One thing was clear before James Talarico’s win over Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Texas Senate Democratic primary Tuesday night....
The hobby that AI is ruining for its fans
Puzzle enthusiasts’ pleasure is measured in the smallest of details: the exact shade of pink on a peony’s petal, a...
The Supreme Court’s Republicans just seized the most dangerous power in constitutional law
The Supreme Court’s Republican majority just did the legal equivalent of grabbing J.R.R. Tolkien’s One Ring, placing it on their...
The one question everyone should be asking after OpenAI’s deal with the Pentagon
American AI companies love to say that the US must win the AI arms race, or China will. Anthropic, OpenAI,...
James Talarico preaches faith, love, and healing. Do voters actually want that?
Tuesday night will deliver much more than the conclusion of the first round of voting in the feisty Texas Democratic...
Do you need to know who you’d be without antidepressants?
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s...
World leaders are almost never killed in war. Why did it happen to Iran’s supreme leader?
The Israeli bombing that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday not only brought the demise of one...
Welcome to the March issue of The Highlight
America’s largest-ever generation — the baby boomers — is getting older. As it does, much of the burden of elder...
Trump’s Iran war is uniting a strange new anti-war alliance
About six months ago, I noted an interesting divide among the right-leaning or politics-adjacent podcasters and influencers who helped get...
Americans will pay for Trump’s war in Iran
The United States and Israel launched a war against Iran Friday night, killing that nation’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...
We’re discovering new species faster than ever — and it might be our best chance to save them
When the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus published Systema Naturae in 1735, he set out to classify every living thing on...
