MAY 18. 2026

G-7 Finance Ministers Discuss Economic Fallout of Iran War

Rising oil prices and growing bond market volatility have raised fears of a global recession.

Iran Is Winning the Vibe War

Disinformation experts need a new framework in the era of AI slop.

Ukraine Has a New War Strategy—and It’s Working

A year ago, the Ukrainian government decided to take the fight directly to Russia. It hasn’t looked back since.

Free Doctor Hussam Abu Safiya

You wanted it to stay a haven when all was lost: Kamal Adwan hospital, where even rocked by bombs and raids, you fostered all the small possibilities of care. The soldiers vacated. You found those patients whose safety ceased being yours to bear and let them sleep beneath the courtyard square.

Iran Could Be Trump’s Greatest Failure

A lot of things have gone horribly wrong—and it’s not over yet.

The Gulf’s African Aftershocks

How the Iran war is deepening proxy conflicts around the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa.

How California Politics Set the National Tone

Ronald Reagan honed his right-wing conservatism in the Golden State.

Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.

The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act like it would go away, ” the family says.

Who’s Spending in Your Congressional Election? We Tracked the Front Groups Fueling the 2026 Midterms.

Murky political super PACs tout innocuous causes like “jobs, ” “democracy, ” and “electing women. ” Here’s a guide to who’s really behind them.

Tiny Footprints, a Blue Blanket: What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died of Vitamin K Deficiency

Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.

Utah’s fragile desert could feel like the Sahara if America’s biggest data center gets built

The Great Salt Lake is drying up. What happens when a data center as large as Washington, D. C. , sits next to it?

Gas prices are rising. So is public transit ridership.

Mass transit systems are seeing more riders as fuel prices rise, but experts say most Americans still have little choice but to drive.

There Is a Solution to the Global Health Care Crisis

Cuts in foreign aid have been devastating. Countries have a window to step in and craft plans for success.

Targeted Infrastructure Spending Slows AfD Gains In Germany’s Industrial Heartlands

Targeted infrastructure spending dampens AfD vote growth in Germany’s transition-pressured regions, but innovation funding still bypasses them.

MAY 17. 2026

Solar installations 'through the roof'

British Government data show that 27,607 solar arrays were added in March, bringing the total to more than two million installations.

Jolly Jingoism

Nat Segnit on theme-park propaganda, the international appetite for jingoism, and a hypothetical Winston Churchill musical

Chevron wants a school district tax break for a data center power plant

The move could save the oil company hundreds of millions in Texas, even as state lawmakers start looking at reining in incentives for data centers.

MAY 16. 2026

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

As President Trump’s erratic negotiations with Iran drag on and oil prices continue to rise, the United States’ ostensible ethical justification for the

Opera in Ragged Times

During the first hundred days of Donald Trump’s second presidency, while he was devastating American society with mass deportations and shredding the

Wild blueberry farms across Maine suffer as climate change upends growing seasons

Like lobster rolls, wild blueberries are iconic in Maine. But heat and drought have set the plants back to a point where many small farmers are struggling against reduced yields and increased costs for mulch and irrigation.