A Cloud That Looks Like a Bird

For my part, I knew that I had fallen in love with Dry Leaf when another cow—or was it a horse? —ambled through the frame enfolded in a pixelated outline distinct from the rest of the sky behind it. I understood that what I was looking at was the byproduct of a ringing artifact, a ghost at the meeting point of cow and sky.

Utah Bans Polygraph Tests for Those Reporting Sexual Assault

A state legislator was moved to sponsor the bill — now signed into law — following a Salt Lake Tribune-ProPublica investigation that showed how polygraphs can retraumatize sexual abuse victims.

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

DNC Resolution to Reject AIPAC Funding Puts Democratic Leaders in the Hot Seat

A symbolic DNC resolution could force Democrats to take a stand on the millions the increasingly toxic AIPAC spends on Democratic primaries.

Abandoning International Law Means Choosing the Road to Great Barbarism

The normalisation of war demands not the burial of international law, but its urgent reinvention — and Europe must lead the charge.

California’s fossil fuel phaseout has left it vulnerable to the Iran oil shock

The Trump administration and major refiners are using the war to justify restarting oil production and weakening climate rules.

Protesting the Smash-and-Grab Presidency With Nikhil Pal Singh

Nikhil Pal Singh on building bigger coalitions and where the opposition goes in this increasingly hostile protest environment.

Sunrise Movement Pushes Anti-War Candidates, Endorsing Melat Kiros in Denver

The group’s increasing anti-war push shows how progressives are leveraging an unpopular war in the midterms.