Pete Hegseth preaches “maximum lethality.” What has that meant in Iran?
Even before the Trump administration went to war with Iran, it was talking differently about its approach to combat.President Donald ...
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The myth of the downwardly mobile college graduate
The heyday of the “high-skill” worker is ending.As corporations find new ways to replace labor with machines, more and more ...
The war is on hold. But the economy is still in danger.
For months, America’s war with Iran has been slowly suffocating the global economy.In March, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz ...
A new theory of Trump: the “soft TACO”
President Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to accept a ceasefire in Iran — rather than following through on his threats to ...
From threatening a civilization to ceasefire: What we learned from a wild day in the Iran war
President Donald Trump’s fast pivot on Iran — from “a whole civilization will die tonight” to a benign return to ...
Is the Iran war turning into Trump’s Iraq?
How closely does President Donald Trump’s war in Iran compare with America’s last conflict in the Middle East?Both the Iran ...
How far will Trump go in Iran?
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of ...
Why Trump’s latest threat against Iran could be a war crime
For someone who claims to be unconcerned about the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump seems increasingly desperate to open ...
How one Democratic senator is tackling Trump’s corruption
President Donald Trump’s blatant, sometimes open corruption can feel disorienting. While other White Houses have made a point to show ...
Want to fight fascism? Join a knitting circle.
“Back in 2017, I made a ton of pussyhats,” Catherine Paul told me. “I just knitted pink hats like there ...
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