The fight over California’s billionaire tax is just the latest symptom of a crisis that has escalated since 2010.

Ad Policy Pope Leo XIV, during his flight to Algeria on April 13, 2026, responds to questions regarding President Donald Trump’s recent statements. (Matteo Pernaselci / Vatican ...

A profile of an AI healthcare start-up overlooked the creaky business model behind it, as well as the tech sector’s worship of “high agency.” ...

Trump’s posts were part of a larger conflict he’s been having with the Catholic Church, due to criticisms major church leaders, including the pope, have made about his immigration policy and the Iran ...

The astounding landslide victory of the opposition Tisza party in Hungary on April 12 over the far-right, Trump-backed Fidesz ...

Gas prices soar along with death toll in Iran.

A dozen federal judges are hearing hugely significant cases against oil companies in Louisiana—while having direct connections to some of those same companies.

Eli Clifton is a senior adviser at the Quincy Institute and the investigative journalist at large at Responsible Statecraft. He reports on money in politics and US foreign policy. He is the coauthor ...

How the self-styled know-it-alls atop the knowledge economy want to dismantle the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake ...

On the morning of his 96th day as mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani filled the city’s 100,000th pothole. The ceremonial ...

The transformation of a once promising, if conservative, magazine journalist into a conspiracy-minded talking head.

The Ellison family, poised to continue dominating the media landscape with its Warner deal, signs on an infomercial-grade ...