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Sean Illing

Sean Illing

Host of The Gray Area

    Latest articles by Sean Illing

    Culture
    9 questions with Celeste Ng9 questions with Celeste Ng
    Culture

    The novelist on goat cheese and explaining racism to a 6-year-old.

    By Sean Illing
    Politics
    How important is it that Mueller has formed a grand jury? I asked 20 legal experts.How important is it that Mueller has formed a grand jury? I asked 20 legal experts.
    Politics

    Everything you wanted to know about grand juries.

    By Sean Illing
    Policy
    Trump says banning immigrants helps US workers. A leading economist says he’s wrong.Trump says banning immigrants helps US workers. A leading economist says he’s wrong.
    Policy

    “It’s frightening to see such large policies being contemplated on such flimsy data.”

    By Sean Illing
    Politics
    Trump: Congress is encroaching on the executive branch. Law professor: no, it’s not.Trump: Congress is encroaching on the executive branch. Law professor: no, it’s not.
    Politics

    A legal expert on Congress’s decision to handcuff Trump on Russia.

    By Sean Illing
    Politics
    “It’s just an embarrassing spectacle at this point”: Matt Taibbi on Trump’s America“It’s just an embarrassing spectacle at this point”: Matt Taibbi on Trump’s America
    Politics

    Rolling Stone’s funniest political reporter gets dead serious about Trump.

    By Sean Illing
    Technology
    Genetically engineered humans will arrive sooner than you think. And we’re not ready.Genetically engineered humans will arrive sooner than you think. And we’re not ready.
    Technology

    “What’s happening is bigger than any one of us”: a conversation with historian Michael Bess.

    By Sean Illing
    Politics
    Is Trump hiring too many generals?Is Trump hiring too many generals?
    Politics

    A retired general on the dangers of a president surrounding himself with military leaders.

    By Sean Illing
    Policy
    A cybersecurity expert on why you should be very worried about the internet’s futureA cybersecurity expert on why you should be very worried about the internet’s future
    Policy

    “It will take the attention of the free society that built the internet to save it.” —Alexander Klimburg

    By Sean Illing
    Culture
    9 questions with Laleh Khadivi9 questions with Laleh Khadivi
    Culture

    The novelist on parenting, binary thinking, and procreation in the age of climate change.

    By Sean Illing
    Culture
    9 questions with Courtney Maum9 questions with Courtney Maum
    Culture

    “Only face-to-face interaction can capture the beautiful weirdness of real life.”

    By Sean Illing