The Pentagon is hoarding critical minerals that could power the clean energy transition
Pete Hegseth, who leads the Department of Defense, said agency “will not be distracted” by climate change.Andrew Harnik/Getty via Grist...
NYC’s socialist mayor has a radical proposal: making government do its job
New York Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani and his constituent services director Mariela Ortiz do community outreach at a recent event...
American women want to opt out
Young American women, it seems, want out of America. A Gallup poll in November found that 40 percent of US...
The judiciary’s Christmas gift to Trump
And so this is the Christmas season. I hope you have fun.Donald Trump is on the back nine. The festivities...
America’s other populist, socialist big-city mayor
The election was divisive, pitting an established moderate against an upstart progressive in the large, Democratic city. For a while...
What podcasts do to our brains
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As ICE ramps up deportations, Texas prosecutors say they’re losing key witnesses in criminal cases
In West Texas, a man was indicted in September for assaulting Manuel Chairez-Montes, fracturing the left side of his face....
2025 was one of the worst years for job hunters since the Great Recession
There is no better window into the soul of America’s striving professional class than LinkedIn, a site that this year...
Open Thread: Crookie Applause To The Portland Frog!
The "Portland Frog," real name Seth Todd, quickly became The Resistance’s hero. Todd gained attention for protesting in an inflatable...
Andrew Johnson’s 1868 Christmas pardon shows how forgiveness and politics collide
On Christmas Day in 1868, President Andrew Johnson issued a sweeping amnesty to former Confederate officials and soldiers, ending legal...
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