Sign up for our daily newsletter to get two stories in your inbox every weekday, plus a best-of-the-week roundup on Sundays. Opt out any time.
Ryan Skinnell is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at San Jose State University.
Donald Trump is a carnival barker rebranded as a presidential candidate. It is no surprise Trump is good at luring passersby into the big top—attracting attention has always been his gift. But an enduring mystery is how he manages to remain popular even when he does or says something that seems likely to torpedo his […]
Assassination isn’t illegal under U.S. law, but don’t tell Trump. A legal primer.
Keep reading
The Health and Human Services Secretary’s push to deregulate unapproved peptides will inevitably lead to worse health outcomes.
Keep reading
More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the promise of a democratic Russia has given way to something much darker—and far more durable.
Keep reading
An event celebrating the free press should not spotlight Donald Trump, the biggest threat to the free press.
Keep reading
Online price swings look like fierce competition. In reality, they’re part of an invisible strategy that steers the entire market upward.
Keep reading
Colleges could standardize financial aid information to make it easier to compare. But they don’t.
Keep reading
Except that the Trump administration killed Direct File, the IRS’s successful free program.
Keep readingSomething went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
