JUNE 5. 2026

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.

What Might The Next Axial Age Look Like?

Awareness of the relationality of all being is a response to the planet in crisis.

Myanmar’s Military Isn’t Conceding Much

Prisoner releases mostly reflect the regime’s growing confidence five years after seizing power in a coup.

Sleeping in Mexico, Playing in America

The journey of Iran’s World Cup team sets a dangerous precedent for international soccer.

Does the United States Have the Weapons for Trade War?

Economic strategists are pitching tougher policies for an anxious world.

How Brazilian Soccer Shed Protectionism

Will openness to foreign players and coaches make a difference at the World Cup?

If I Were Chuck Schumer

With about four months still to go until the midterm elections, the Trump administration remains largely unchecked by Congress in its exercises and abuses

Why Reports of Sociology’s Public Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

Sociology has not surrendered its public voice to philosophy. It has lost the illusion that it speaks from nowhere.

“Warehousing Human Beings”

Former immigration judge Andrea Sáenz and American Immigration Council’s Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on the conditions at Delaney Hall and other ICE detention centers across the U. S.

These Republican Lawmakers Challenged Abortion Bans. Then They Faced Backlash.

At least four of them lost reelection bids after anti-abortion groups and key party allies backed their challengers instead. Two others — a state representative from North Dakota and a state senator from Tennessee — face contested primaries.

Washington Is Testing Singapore’s Patience

Donald Trump is working hard to alienate yet another strategic partner.

Your local park is bringing in the green

A new report finds that for every dollar invested in parks, cities reap $3 in economic benefits. Here's how.

In the Smoky Mountains, a volunteer effort aims to document every species — before it’s too late

For citizen scientists, counting thousands of species is one way to monitor climate change in America's most biodiverse national park.

Everyone Is Waiting for Trump’s Gaza Plan to Die

The Board of Peace has been revealed to be so flawed as to be completely unworkable.

To Fix Haiti, Look to Colombia

An example—albeit an imperfect one—of how to achieve a lasting peace.

Russia wants to hire you to commit a crime

It was a regular day in May 2024 when Warsaw's residents saw smoke rising in the distance. What they didn't know was that they were looking at the aft

JUNE 4. 2026

Kushner-Linked Luxury Resort Plans Ignite Protests Across Albania

Thousands call for Tirana to block the investment projects, citing environmental and corruption concerns.