JUNE 8. 2026

Becoming a farmer is hard. This Michigan program wants to help.

“Nobody gets into farming for sane reasons, other than the sanity of knowing where your food comes from, ” said one student at the Great Lakes Incubator Farm.

Omnibus to Nowhere: The Quiet Dismantling of European Governance

A single code word — “Omnibus” — now drives the most sweeping rewrite of European law in the Union’s history.

Trump Is Doing What FDR Could Not

But the president’s success at purging his party could cost the GOP in the long term.

Econationalism is real and it should scare you

You read that right: as the world's first, Switzerland might introduce a population cap, hard-wired in its constitution after a referendum on Sunday.

Hero workers keep the grid alive

Constant air strikes and sub-zero temperatures: for over four years, Ukraine's electrical grid workers have operated under the most challenging condit

JUNE 7. 2026

Songs of Liberation

In 1960 the writer Bessie Head—yet to publish the novels that would make her a leading figure in South African and Batswana literature—interviewed a young

Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700 million to ‘clean, beautiful’ coal

The president announced plans for two new coal plants in Alaska and West Virginia, using the Defense Production Act.

Daughter of 2028 Olympics Chair Dreams of Competing in LA — for Israel

Stella Wasserman, daughter of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics chair Casey Wasserman, dreams of riding horses for Israel in the Summer Olympics.

JUNE 6. 2026

The Innocents Abroad

“One of my guiding principles as a white American writing about the US is that it’s important to include yourself in your analysis, to acknowledge your own complicity or at least involvement in the country’s history or power. ”

Federal agency to open tens of thousands of acres of Colorado wilderness to oil drilling

Wildlife habitat, endangered animals and recreation could all be at risk in state’s biggest public land sale in modern history.

Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors?

Anthropic wants to keep AI away from repressive regimes. But what about its part-owner, the repressive dictatorship of Abu Dhabi?

Armenians Vote Under Russia’s Shadow

Trump and Putin are backing different players in a contested country.

JUNE 5. 2026

The U. S. Economy Is Proving Remarkably Resilient

Even in the face of tariffs and an energy crisis, the jobs report shows an economy that’s still humming.

Zelensky’s Pen Pal Diplomacy

Zelensky offers in-person peace talks in a rare open letter to Putin. Moscow isn’t interested.

Maggie O’Farrell’s Most Ambitious Novel Yet

Plus, a Venezuelan thriller in translation.

How Ukraine Has Turned the Tide

Resilience, technology, and European support have put Russia on the back foot.

Founder of Kentucky Drug Rehab Center Indicted on Fraud and Money Laundering Charges

Tim Robinson, the former CEO of Addiction Recovery Care, which once operated more than 40 drug treatment facilities statewide, was charged with attempting to resell millions of dollars worth of tax credits.

Contain, Consolidate, and Co-Opt

How Europe has learned to live with great-power politics.

Romania Has Perfected the Art of Forgetting

In a new memoir, Nobel laureate Herta Müller condemns her homeland for failing to reconcile with history.

North Carolina Democrats Propose Changes to Block GOP Power Transfers and Secrecy

The legislation, prompted in part by ProPublica’s reporting, aims to protect traditional powers of the state’s governor and reform oversight of its court system.