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Archives for September 2025

Podcasts
The problem with debating fascists — from a guy who’s debated just about everyoneThe problem with debating fascists — from a guy who’s debated just about everyone
Podcast
Podcasts

Mehdi Hasan explains why he’ll debate (almost) anyone.

By Devan Schwartz and Noel King
Politics
An era of internet-addled violence is taking shape before our eyesAn era of internet-addled violence is taking shape before our eyes
Politics

Charlie Kirk and meme culture’s violent turn.

By Sean Rameswaram and Christian Paz
Politics
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy KimmelLet’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Politics

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

By Zack Beauchamp
Health
RFK Jr.’s biggest disruption yet to vaccine policy is comingRFK Jr.’s biggest disruption yet to vaccine policy is coming
Health

Kennedy’s support is fracturing. The childhood vaccine schedule could break it.

By Dylan Scott
“AI will kill everyone” is not an argument. It’s a worldview.
Future Perfect

How rational is Eliezer Yudkowsky’s prophecy?

By Sigal Samuel
Inside Texas’s grand laboratory of dangerous mosquitoes
Climate

While the rest of the country turned a blind eye to ancient disease threats, these scientists leaned in.

By Umair Irfan
On the Right
The third Red ScareThe third Red Scare
On the Right

The right’s new assault on free speech isn’t cancel culture. It’s worse.

By Zack Beauchamp
The Logoff
Why is Trump suing the New York Times?Why is Trump suing the New York Times?
The Logoff

Trump’s new attack on press freedom, briefly explained.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
Trump asks the Supreme Court to give him total control over the US economyTrump asks the Supreme Court to give him total control over the US economy
Politics

The next few months could be the most consequential period for US constitutional law since the Roosevelt administration.

By Ian Millhiser
Podcasts
A Democratic senator on the fights his party has to pickA Democratic senator on the fights his party has to pick
Podcast
Podcasts

Chris Van Hollen on a government shutdown, Charlie Kirk, and Zohran Mamdani.

By Noel King and Danielle Hewitt
Politics
Why free speech can be so contentiousWhy free speech can be so contentious
Podcast
Politics

The contradictions at the heart of this fundamental right in democracies.

By Sean Illing
Culture
The last time the US waged a propaganda war on the artsThe last time the US waged a propaganda war on the arts
Culture

Trump wants to be a cultural tastemaker. The CIA did it first.

By Constance Grady
The Logoff
The US and China have a new TikTok “deal”The US and China have a new TikTok “deal”
The Logoff

Remember the TikTok ban? There’s a new deadline coming up.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
The Supreme Court is about to decide one of the biggest economic policy cases everThe Supreme Court is about to decide one of the biggest economic policy cases ever
Politics

Cook v. Trump is one of the highest-stakes cases of Trump’s presidency.

By Ian Millhiser
Video
Can telehealth save rural health care?Can telehealth save rural health care?
Play
Video

Rural health care is in crisis. Telehealth can help.

By Kim Mas