Recent articles from publications based in United States.
The Cathedral of Joy
Hyperallergicby Hakim Bishara·19 Sept 2026
At a cafe named Anti Cafe — though it looks like any other cafe — a man is writing dozens of cards by hand, sealing them inside pretty little envelopes, and stacking them in a pile on the table.
What 1,000 Women Workers Can Teach Us About Surviving Extreme Heat
Timeby Satchit Balsari·19 Sept 2026
On Sept. 2, 2026, the United Nations Environment Program report, Limiting Overshoot, declared that the world has fallen short of keeping global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and...
The Trump Dividend Checks Have Already Gone Out. Just Not to You.
The New Republicby Jason Linkins·19 Sept 2026
Last week, President Donald Trump announced that if Republicans prevail in this year’s midterm elections, he would provide everybody with a $5,000 dividend check.
Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can’t Quit It
Wiredby Isabella Ward·19 Sept 2026
Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster believes OpenAI used his work to rush ahead and beat him to solving a legendary math problem with a $1 million bounty.
The Unknowable Miley Cyrus
The New Yorkerby Amanda Petrusich·19 Sept 2026
These days, pop stars are required to participate in a relentless cycle of self-annihilation and triumphant rebirth—with each album, a new Era!—but there’s something almost uncanny about the...
How the Houthis Opened a Volatile New Front in the Iran War
The New Yorkerby Kareem Fahim·19 Sept 2026
Last week, in a shock offensive, the Yemeni rebel group known as the Houthis seized territory near the Red Sea’s strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Lena Dunham’s “Famesick” Is a Cautionary Tale of Filmmakers Doing TV
The New Yorkerby Richard Brody·19 Sept 2026
Early in Lena Dunham’s memoir “Famesick,” she describes living back in her artist-parents’ Tribeca loft after college and becoming involved with an informal collective of young New York filmmakers.
Israel’s Qatargate Scandal
The New Yorkerby Ruth Margalit·19 Sept 2026
As a young man, Yisrael Einhorn was a mainstay of Tel Aviv’s underground night life—an ebullient music producer and performer who billed himself as D.J.
Should the Classroom Be More Like the Gym?
The New Yorkerby Dan Rockmore·19 Sept 2026
When I’m in New York, I take spin classes on the Upper East Side. The students—it’s a class, after all—pack into a dark, humid room. The music is loud. The air reeks of effort.
Who’s on Susanna Hoffs’s List?
The New Yorkerby John Seabrook·19 Sept 2026
Susanna Hoffs, the songwriter, novelist, and singer in the Bangles, the nineteen-eighties all-female rock band, was sitting on the shady side of MOMA’s sculpture garden.
Top oversight Dem opens investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian oligarch-funded wedding
Salonby Alex Mierjeski·19 Sept 2026
The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into Donald Trump Jr.’s relationship with a Russian oligarch who paid for much of Trump Jr.’s wedding earlier this year.
Prime Day Hasn’t Started Yet, but I’ve Already Found Deals Worth Buying
Wiredby Louryn Strampe·19 Sept 2026
Amazon Prime Day deals are back, baby. The second sale of the year is officially dubbed Prime Big Deal Days and will arrive on October 6 and 7.
Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law
Wiredby WIRED·19 Sept 2026
This story originally appeared on Capital B and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As a child in the 1950s and ’60s, Regina Martin became so used to the oil pumpjacks near her home that she...
Dem’s data center attack in critical Senate race hits snag when money trail surfaces: 'Jekyll-and-Hyde'
FOX Newsby Kiera McDonald; Andrew Miller·19 Sept 2026
FIRST ON FOX: Former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is targeting Republican Sen. Jon Husted over Ohio's growing data center industry in a new campaign ad that features a facility owned by Google —...
Kirk family has powerful evidence — but Utah law could derail wrongful death case: experts
FOX Newsby Elaine Mallon·19 Sept 2026
A Utah government immunity law could upend the Kirk family’s efforts to bring a wrongful death lawsuit against Utah Valley University over alleged security failures surrounding Charlie Kirk’s...
What might an AI doomsday look like? Experts have given it some thought
NBC Newsby Jared Perlo·19 Sept 2026
A small but dedicated group of AI experts has been warning for years that increasingly powerful AI systems could cause catastrophic damage or even lead to human extinction.
‘Post-Disaster Gentrification’ Proliferates in Florida Towns as Costs Soar Following Hurricanes - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate Newsby By Mike Schneider·19 Sept 2026
Jaques and Paulina Sebastiao were the first residents on their street to rebuild their two-bedroom house two years after Hurricane Michael’s 155 mile-per-hour winds leveled almost every building in...
Join the WIRED World Fair in Miami on November 4
Wiredby WIRED Staff·19 Sept 2026
For more than a century, World’s Fairs have given people a first glimpse of what’s next: breakthroughs, ideas, and ways of living that would go on to reshape the everyday.
For Climate-Vulnerable Countries, Debt Costs 25 Times More Than Climate Action - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate Newsby By Alissa de Chassey·19 Sept 2026
The countries most vulnerable to climate change are spending nearly 25 times more on repaying debt than on climate action, according to a new ActionAid report released Wednesday.
What Happens When Earth Passes 1.5 Degrees of Warming? - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate Newsby Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth·19 Sept 2026
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with climate scientist Michael Mann.
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