A School Bus Crosses the Nation, Connecting Mass Shooting Families
Manuel and Patricia Oliver had already been on the road for more than a week when they pulled their school bus bearing an American flag into a city park in…
Opinion | Oklahoma’s Religious Public Charter School Would Be an Affront to Taxpayers Everywhere
Something deeply un-American is underway in the state of Oklahoma. In June, Oklahoma’s Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved the nation’s first religious public charter school. The Archdiocese of Oklahoma…
A Craigslist for Guns, With No Background Checks
Another school week had just begun at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis when Orlando Harris, armed with a recently purchased AR-15-style rifle and 600 rounds…
Solar Supply Chain Grows More Opaque Amid Human Rights Concerns
Global supply chains for solar panels have begun shifting away from a heavy reliance on China, in part because of a recent ban on products from Xinjiang, a region where…
Saving Lives at the Grand Canyon, One Salty Snack at a Time
Watching weary day hikes start the long uphill hike from Phantom Ranch, a ranger station at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, Jeff Schwartz has learned to look for telltale…
Opinion | Samuel Alito Has a Favorite Branch of Government
In theory, there is no branch in the American constitutional system that exists above or beyond the reach of the others. “The great security against a gradual concentration of the…
Opinion | They Know What They Did. They’d Like You to Know Who They’ve Become.
Listening to the men in the short Opinion Video above is like encountering visitors from another planet. They are serving life sentences at Angola prison, in rural Louisiana, with little…
Anger Over ‘Barbenheimer’ in Nuclear-Scarred Japan
To Americans eager for signs of life in an ailing cinema culture, the simultaneous box office success of the “Barbie” movie and the biopic “Oppenheimer” has been cause for celebration,…
Biden Shores Up Democratic Support, but Faces Tight Race Against Trump
President Biden is heading into the 2024 presidential contest on firmer footing than a year ago, with his approval rating inching upward and once-doubtful Democrats falling into line behind his…
More Republicans Say Trump Committed Crimes. But They Still Support Him.
Donald J. Trump famously marveled during his first presidential campaign that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and he would not lose any support. He now seems intent on…