I Was a Stranger
I Was a Stranger official website FILM SYNOPSIS When a Syrian doctor is forced to flee Aleppo with her young daughter, one desperate choice sets off a chain of events…
Think You Saw State-Sanctioned Murder? You Failed Media’s ‘Rorschach Test’
By: JANINE JACKSON January 9, 2026 Moments before the murder of Renee Good by federal secret police (X, 1/7/26). Millions have seen the video, but some reports suggest that you…
As Guidelines Shift, a Curious Debate Over Seed Oils Persists
January 8, 2026 by Claudia López Lloreda Before beginning his tenure as secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted an old…
A new, terrifying sound
‘othing compares to waking up to the sound of bombs falling in the darkness near your home’ Written by Gabriela Mesones Rojo At 2:00 a.m. sharp on January 3, 2026,…
Criminally Ill: Systemic Failures Turn State Mental Hospitals Into Prisons
Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News and Doug Livingston, The Marshall Project – Cleveland December 22, 2025 SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Tyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be…
“Empire of AI”: Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World
In this holiday special, we revisit our interview with longtime technology reporter Karen Hao, author of the new book Empire of AI, which unveils the accruing political and economic power…
Top science stories of 2025
In a year of funding chaos, ongoing climate change and pollution perils, we also saw the most powerful telescope yet, personalized gene therapy, and the next-best-thing to an HIV vaccine…
Terror, androgyny and benevolence: a brief history of angels in Christianity
Leonardo da Vinci, Annunciation, circa 1472. Wikimedia Commons Philip C. Almond, The University of Queensland Christianity began with the appearance of an angel. In the gospel of Luke, Mary is…
States crack down on aggressive driving
by Shalina Chatlani, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 20, 2025 NEW YORK — On a frigid December morning along busy Broadway in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York, pedestrians walk…
How to read a poem
Ideally over a lifetime, says New Yorker’s Kevin Young By Kevin Young December 16, 2025 3 min read Kevin Young ’92 is the poetry editor at The New Yorker and…