Recent articles from publications based in United States.
The New Republicby Matt Ford2d ago
Millions of Americans spent this summer trying to beat the scorching heat at the beach. Next month, the Supreme Court justices will also do some wading of their own: through the ocean of petitions...
The New Republicby Greg Greene2d ago
Handling a U.S. president’s social media voice is a magisterial job. The work involved ranges far and wide—from figuring out how to handle the president’s receipt of a Nobel Peace Prize to huddling...
Mother Jonesby Paula Mejía2d ago
I’m not sure when my smartphone began to feel like an albatross, when my unease about relying on it devolved into full-blown anxiety that I was frittering away my life on this tiny screen.
Mother Jonesby Nate Halverson2d ago
As Stephen Young stepped into the woods about an hour’s drive from Lassen Peak volcano in northeast California, the forest began communicating to him in an unspoken language learned from his years...
CJRby Susie Banikarim2d ago
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. When Max D. Lederer Jr., the longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes, announced his retirement on Tuesday, amid rumors that the Pentagon might fire him, it was...
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts2d ago
Nihao, New York I reluctantly fork out the exorbitant surcharge for my overweight luggage, whilst wondering what is the absolute limit to the weight a single plane can carry, and if the airlines...
ScienceDaily2d ago
2,200-year-old Roman shipwreck reveals ancient waterproofing secrets Pollen trapped in 2,200-year-old ship coatings is revealing how Roman sailors waterproofed and repeatedly repaired their...
Literary Hubby Jeff Jarvis2d ago
Jeff Jarvis on Mark Twain, America’s First Celebrity Author and Publisher Exploring the Rise and Fall of Subscription Publishing and the Birth of Mass Media In the history of the invention of the...
Literary Hubby E. K. Schrader2d ago
How Talking About Death Helps Us Live a Fuller Life E.K. Schrader on Ten Years Without Max Ritvo The first time I realized I was going to die I was cutting out an obituary for a project for my 6th...
Literary Hubby Abigail Rose-Marie2d ago
A Literary Haunting: What the Ghost of Sylvia Plath Taught Me About Grief “What haunts us doesn’t need to harm us, but can instead help guide us through what feels too difficult...” Before the...
Literary Hubby Camille Acker2d ago
Television to the Rescue! Camille Acker on the Craft Potential of TV More Like Literary Box This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here.
Literary Hubby Book Marks2d ago
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week Featuring Anjet Daanje, Carlos the Jackal, Dorthe Nors, and More Anjet Daanje’s The Song of Stork and Dromedary, Joby...
Literary Hubby Faraaz Mahomed and Damon Galgut2d ago
Ways of Connecting: On Writing That Marries the Psychological, the Personal and the Political Faraaz Mahomed Discusses His Debut Novel Mother/Land With Damon Galgut Damon Galgut is the most...
Semaforby David Weigel2d ago
The News A fight over drag has broken out in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Democratic Mayor Paige Cognetti is running for Congress against Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan.
Semaforby Eleanor Mueller2d ago
The News Economic historian Phillip Magness wasn’t expecting to go viral last week when he posted a clip of Vice President JD Vance criticizing the US dollar’s status as global reserve currency.
3 Quarks Dailyby Paweł Skała-Piękoś2d ago
by Paweł Skała-Piękoś Thomas R. Wells that nearly everyone hates neoliberalism, and that we will miss it all the same once it is gone.
Inside Climate Newsby By Bob Berwyn2d ago
LINZ, Austria—A summer-long series of heatwaves that has been blistering much of Europe since June has turned political.
MIT Technology Reviewby Jonathan O'Callaghan2d ago
A company that plans to beam sunlight from space to Earth on demand might unintentionally brighten the night sky for many more people than intended, according to a new study.
MIT Technology Reviewby Antonio Regalado2d ago
When the biotech company Insilico Medicine used its computer models to propose a promising drug for pulmonary fibrosis, it enthusiastically claimed in a press release that the molecule had been...
The New Republicby The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent2d ago
Donald Trump just issued a crazed, rambling tirade, vowing to hit Iran with the “MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN” while threatening “TREMENDOUS” economic consequences to any country...
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