JULY 4. 2026

‘Extraordinarily Profitable Fiduciary Rapport’

The old saying “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” is, in fact, not all that old, and not really a saying. It was written by the Las Vegas Convention

A New Mexico town is running dry. An immigration detention center is its biggest water customer.

The town of Estancia and the ICE facility are trucking in water until a new well is drilled.

The Horrifying Lessons of 250 Years of American History

President Donald Trump is trying to whitewash America’s past. Could rebellion offer a brighter future?

JULY 3. 2026

Semiquincentennial Blues

We have passed the point at which absurdity is an aberration. The Monster Energy and Crypto. com sponsorships for the evening: very real. The female quotient including no women fighters, only the “Octagon girls” in sequined hotpants and velvet bodices: also real. The United States Marine Band playing a rendition of “The Boys Are Back in Town: too real. A fighter operating under the moniker Black Beast: painfully real.

Venezuela’s Bungled Earthquake Response

Natural disasters have accelerated political change elsewhere in the region.

Trump’s Communist Boogeyman Playbook: Charging Protesters as Terrorists

Matt Sledge, who was at the sentencing for the Prairieland defendants, and Mark Bray on the government’s case against the anti-ICE activists.

“He Didn’t Need to Die. ” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis.

Geraldo Lunas Campos repeatedly raised concerns about his mental health before he died at Camp East Montana. Records paint a portrait of how the Texas facility’s staff failed to adequately respond.

Why European cities keep failing to fight overtourism

Every year before summer, I hear the same stories. Residents in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Venice, and a dozen other postcard cities complain about nuisanc

JULY 2. 2026

Angsty in Ankara

Can NATO move past a need to keep Trump happy?

Is Sports Diplomacy Still Possible?

Hard power has left its mark on this year’s World Cup.

Massachusetts Set to Extend Statute of Limitations for Rape Cases With DNA Evidence

Following reporting by WBUR and ProPublica, Gov. Maura Healey has pledged to sign a bill into law ensuring that Massachusetts will no longer have one of the strictest rape prosecution deadlines in the country.

Russia’s 11-Hour Assault on Kyiv

The deadly missile and drone bombardment was retaliation for recent Ukrainian attacks on critical Russian infrastructure.

Sounds from Rikers Island

A bit more than three years into his exile from New York City, St. Elmo Sylvester Hope sat for an interview with Down Beat magazine in Los Angeles. He was a diminutive, softspoken man who looked like what his mother had once dreamed he’d become—a professor.

Gen Z Goes to Hollywood

Three summer movies reflect a generation’s sensibilities.

A Short Economic History of the United States

From a slave economy to a global empire in 250 years.

How Florida’s Cuban Diaspora and the Israeli Lobby Came Together — and Are Coming Apart

The Cuban lobby and AIPAC have gotten what they wanted from Trump — and now they are dealing with the consequences.

America, the Once Global Nation

At 250, the country is struggling to come to terms with the world it created.

The MOU Is Paying Off Early for Iran

Washington and Tehran are grappling over a “memorandum of misunderstanding. ”

The U. S. at 250: Terminally Ill or Just Very Sick?

Experts question whether one of the world’s oldest democracies can survive.

Between Independence and Freedom

How a fundamental tension in the declaration echoed through U. S. foreign policy.