Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

Where do the words “avocado” and “guacamole” come from?

Misguided budget cuts could reverse encouraging crime trends.

"I am asking you to reject the idea that immigrants are welcome to do America’s dirty work but are not allowed to call this country home when peace comes," Ka Vang writes.

Urbanism as localism that isn't obstructionism

The system is becoming unrecognizable.

Cities shouldn’t micromanage their economies

The far right and the far left both want you to think that the purpose of immigration is to overthrow America. Don't let them get away with it.

Why do these people believe that ignorance is strength?

The dire consequences of a decline in voluntary compliance

Kevin Hall said his work on ultraprocessed foods has been “hobbled” under the Trump administration. Scientists have been raising such concerns for months.

Biggest mistakes I'm seeing in early reporting: 1. Tariffmageddon isn't over: Lotsa tariffs to account for, but the average tariff rate is only down around one quarter.

Trump's defenders are flailing.

The S&P 500 spiked, showing investors’ relief to President Trump’s decision to pause high tariffs for most countries, except for China.

Covid anniversary, pandemic revisionism, chronic diseases, and a boulder going down the hill

Part 1: The Trump Plan to Damage Ukraine and Help Russia

It turns out the point of life is gratitude. And gratitude is joy.

The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.

My theory for why YIMBY broke through rhetorically and politically

Compassion, not chaos, should guide foreign aid reform.

We used an electric-shock dilemma to test the strength of people’s moral principles when faced with real-world complexities

The dismissals appeared to violate federal law, which requires Congress to receive 30 days’ notice of any intent to fire a Senate-confirmed inspector general.

The once-fringe writer has long argued for an American monarchy. His ideas have found an audience in the incoming administration and Silicon Valley.

Minnesota’s major rivers — and their valleys — invite us to look back over thousands of years of state geological history.

Almost 150 years after Nietzsche said ‘God is dead,’ some of our most important thinkers are getting religion. Peter Savodnik meets the new theists.

What the fight between Anthem and anesthesiologists was really about.

Cut five words out of the existing law — and don’t call them mobile homes.