Recent articles from publications based in United States.
The Unique Horrors of A.I. Food Slop
The New Yorkerby Brady Brickner-Wood·2 Sept 2026
What do we hope to communicate when we film and photograph food? In his 1957 collection, “Mythologies,” Roland Barthes argued that food photography was often an exercise in whitewashing: the highly...
The Strange Power of the Dance-Floor Novel
The New Yorkerby Robert Rubsam·2 Sept 2026
Why dance? To celebrate and to revere; to let go and to hold on; to be with others and to withdraw into yourself; to unite the individual and the collective, the immediate and the ultimate; to...
Trump Has No Plan for Fixing His Iran Debacle. The Democrats Need One.
The New Republicby Alex Shephard·2 Sept 2026
The Iran war is not going well. That has been true more or less since the end of its first week, after the U.S. military’s initial bombardment ended, but it is really not going well now.
What JD Vance’s Eruption of Rage over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals
The New Republicby Greg Sargent·2 Sept 2026
JD Vance is pretending to be very, very angry at Abdul El-Sayed for drawing his wife, Usha Vance, into our political debates.
Goodbye to the Least Apocalyptic Summer of the Rest of Your Life
The New Republicby Kate Aronoff·2 Sept 2026
Labor Day is around the corner in the United States, and it’s worth taking stock of what has been, by any objective measure, a chaotic summer.
How Jeff Bezos’s Surrender to Trump Freed Him to Dodge Labor Laws
The New Republicby Timothy Noah·2 Sept 2026
One of the business world’s more nauseating capitulations to President Donald Trump has been that of the world’s third-richest human, Jeff Bezos (net worth: $264 billion).
Trump’s Next War Is Already Underway in Latin America
The New Republicby Nicholas Slayton·2 Sept 2026
This past month, the United States has quietly stepped up its military actions in South America, in operations that haven’t received much, if any, media attention.
Why ABC self-censored.
CJRby Joel Simon·2 Sept 2026
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. A cardinal rule of journalism: never back down in the face of intimidation.
The Michigan Chronicle’s Sam Robinson on covering a closely watched election cycle from within.
CJRby Ivan L. Nagy·2 Sept 2026
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. As Abdul El-Sayed’s star rose, Michigan ascended as a national story about the future of the Democratic Party.
Pangram Has Emerged as the Gold Standard of AI Detection. Should You Trust It?
Wiredby Lexi Pandell·2 Sept 2026
Pangram is an AI startup with 24 employees, headquartered above a Popeyes in Brooklyn. It has raised $13 million to date—about 0.0072 percent of what OpenAI has—and was virtually unknown until...
Zelenskyy says airlines should avoid Russian airspace as Ukraine expands drone operations
US Top News and Analysisby Sam Meredith·2 Sept 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged airlines to avoid Russian airspace as Kyiv expands its drone operations.
Why Does Everything Have a Prop 65 Warning?
Wiredby Boutayna Chokrane·2 Sept 2026
My first encounter with a Prop 65 warning was on the back of my TV. I was selling it on Facebook Marketplace, and when the buyer arrived to pick it up, he spotted a warning I had never noticed.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp backs ousted Ukraine defense minister's new defense tech startup
US Top News and Analysisby Elsa Ohlen·2 Sept 2026
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov is launching a defense technology company backed by Palantir CEO Alex Karp, as the former government official looks to turn Ukraine's wartime...
Suspect in Charlie Kirk’s Murder Could Face Death Penalty
Timeby Chad de Guzman·2 Sept 2026
Almost a year after the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus, the case against the suspect accused of fatally shooting him is headed for trial.
Nepal’s mountain tourism industry faces ‘serious warning’ after Himalayan flood disaster
US Top News and Analysisby Sam Meredith; Evelyn Cheng·2 Sept 2026
Nepal's renowned adventure tourism industry faces a sobering reality check, according to local mountain tourist associations and hostel owners, following devastating flooding on Nepal's border with...
The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in September
Literary Hubby Emily Temple·2 Sept 2026
The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in September Slow Horses is back! Every month, all the major streaming services add a host of newly acquired (or just plain new) shows, movies, and...
What Ann Patchett’s Whistler Gets Right and Wrong About Horses
Literary Hubby Janet L. Jones·2 Sept 2026
What Ann Patchett’s Whistler Gets Right and Wrong About Horses Janet L. Jones on the Fact and the Fiction of Equine-Centered Narratives in Fiction Popular novels often stumble in telling horse...
Abdelrahman ElGendy on Writing From Inside a Prison Cell
Literary Hubby Samaa Khullar·2 Sept 2026
Abdelrahman ElGendy on Writing From Inside a Prison Cell Samaa Khullar speaks to the former political prisoner and author of the memoir Huna On his third night in detention in Cairo, crammed with...
The Jerusalem of the East: When Billy Graham Visited Pyongyang
Literary Hubby Jonathan Cheng·2 Sept 2026
The Jerusalem of the East: When Billy Graham Visited Pyongyang From Jonathan Cheng’s Cundill Prize-Shortlisted Korean Messiah In the fall of 1991, Rev.
The Book of Chuck
Literary Hubby Lit Hub Excerpts·2 Sept 2026
The Before Evie eased onto the thin goose‑feather mattress and set her mouth to tell her man that it had been a good day, a good night, but Atlas whispered to her first.
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