Hours after its launch, America.gov's chatbot was censored.

Sexual Violence, Birth Rates, and the Future

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and 11 other states drop their lawsuit to block David Ellison’s Paramount from acquiring Warner Bros. — and get little in return.

The Trump administration is quietly proposing to rescind a 16-year-old rule enacted to prevent “pay-to-play” schemes involving investment advisers and public pension funds.

Masculinity, Photography, and the Hell of Youthfulness

Exactly what Trump is doing with an unprecedented pile of cash.

Guess whose side he's on?

In an interview with Popular Information, Ronald Hayes described how he was deceived, manipulated, and exploited.

Jake from State Farm, call your office.

The Met Gala’s slow slide into irrelevance has long been noted in think pieces on Substack and beyond.

The defense secretary is more comfortable around influencers than seasoned generals.

Historic opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement.

On August 6, Popular Information exposed a network of fake news websites surreptitiously controlled by Senate Republicans.

In November, California voters will consider a one-time 5% tax on the assets of a few hundred of the state’s billionaires.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s reality show is an ungainly mix of corporate corruption and MAGA agitprop.

North Carolina Senate nominee Michael Whatley’s committees have spent over $100,000 for use of a private jet linked to a convicted felon

“With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.” That makes it hard for victims to sue.

Nathan Cofnas, MAGA Trolls, and the Culture of Beauty

Racism in Higher Education

Sumaya Awad of Adalah Justice Project in conversation with Assemblymember Diana Moreno on the Not On Our Dime! Act

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan says his company is a “global truth machine.” Coplan has argued that Polymarket is “the most accurate thing we have as mankind right now“ and creates “an information lands...

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From Gaza to Iran to Ukraine, things are not going well.

The administration has now made public a proposed rule to eliminate critical standards for services in the free preschool program.

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Technology, Humanity, and our Mutual Shared Destruction

The lessons from a primary win that can be applied to defeat a Republican in November.

House Ethics documents show Edwards offered to skip votes, cancelled a town hall for a date, and hid a Vegas trip from his own staff.

In this authoritarian moment, we need defiant comedy more than ever.

Media outlets pushed a false narrative about the number of family members of 9/11 victims who signed a petition targeting Mamdani — and then covered their tracks.

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Outside groups have now spent more than $60 million trying to help Haley Stevens beat Abdul El-Sayed.

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The Democratic establishment’s golden boy has shifted the party to the right and lost ground in crucial elections.

This week, Newsmax — a far-right news organization with a strong allegiance to President Trump and a history of pushing wild conspiracy theories — announced it had struck a deal with Meta.

Last Friday, President Trump released an executive order directing officials to install signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) informing visitors that the museum pr...

And it’s backed up by actions and initiatives that seem designed to genuinely foster a joyful city.