Contributor: Autism is not your enemy
I always knew I was different, long before I knew I was autistic. As a child, I was relentlessly curious, fascinated by patterns and drawn to mathematics with its abstract ...
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Contributor: The Portland ‘battlefield’ Trump describes doesn’t actually exist
Portland is not on fire. I know because I’m standing in it. Throat raw, eyes burning, not from riot flames, but from federally sanctioned tear gas. A protester presses a ...
Column: Congress gave away its power and got nothing in return
Whatever you think about American politics and government, whether you are on the right, the left or somewhere in the middle, you should be mad at Congress. I don’t just ...
Contributor: It’s not acting if it’s just one AI avatar talking at another
The theater held a palpable charge the night “Anemone” premiered late last month at the New York Film Festival. When the credits ended, the audience sat seemingly in stunned silence. ...
Contributor: As Trump’s reign implodes, tell MAGA ‘I told you so’
I once held what seemed to be a perfectly rational belief: that even the staunchest supporters of Donald Trump would change their minds once his incompetence and hatred directly affected ...
Contributor: Do we really want armed 18-year-olds on ICE raids?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement held a hiring fair last month in Provo, Utah, that drew hundreds of job seekers — in part with signing bonuses up to $50,000 and salaries ...
Contributor: Want the next breakthrough? Don’t starve the science that makes it possible
If you’re scrolling through this story on a smartphone, you’re holding a product that harnesses one of the boldest investments the United States ever made into science. In 1947, researchers ...
Contributor: Three American Girl dolls with a message for Latinas (and everyone else)
On Sept.17, just two days into Hispanic Heritage Month, American Girl released the doll and character Raquel Reyes, the 2026 Girl of the Year. She is introduced as the great-great-granddaughter ...
Granderson: Anyone calling Bad Bunny un-American needs a geography lesson
Is there a better inkblot test for America right now than reaction to Bad Bunny being the halftime act for Super Bowl LX? Soon after his name was announced, social ...
Contributor: Blame both parties for America’s reckless accumulation of debt
The federal government just accumulated an additional $2 trillion in debt over the last 12 months. That’s the kind of debt surge America usually racks up in wartime or during ...
