Judge Hurley’s Revenge
POLITICS · REGIONL · NATIONAL
May 3, 2026
How a Procedural Ruling
Collided With a Statewide
Vote—and What Comes Next [1]
The line started before the…
The Map, the Notice, and the
Gate
VOTING RIGHTS · IMMIGRATION · LAW AND COURTS
April 30, 2026
The Court narrows Black
political power. The
administration moves to strip…
The Indictment Effect
LAW AND COURTS · POLITICAL POWER · DEMOCRATS
April 29, 2026
How legal exposure is reshaping
decisions across politics and
civil society
The envelope was heavier than
it needed to be, thick cream
stock with a return address…
The Brains We Left Behind
LABOR · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
April 28, 2026
For a century, we rewarded one
kind of mind. The next economy
may reward the ones we left
behind…
The Shot
CAMPAIGNS · POLITICAL POWER · REPUBLICANS
April 27, 2026
By the time we see what
happened, we’ve already decided
what it means.
I didn’t hear the shot as a…
An Ordinary Night
WAR AND SECURITY · UKRAINE · DRONES
April 26, 2026
What a single message from Kyiv
reveals about how this war is
really being fought
The message came in just after
dawn.
“Two people died, 15 people…
The Power of the Gatekeeper
WAR AND SECURITY · IRAN · MIDDLE EAST
April 23, 2026
How war in the Middle East is
quietly increasing Turkey’s
leverage at home and abroad
The fluorescent lights inside…
Swamscot Brewing
NEW HAMPSHIRE · COMMUNITY · BUSINESS
April 22, 2026
The machine doesn’t announce
itself. It settles into the
room.
There’s a rhythm to it—glass
against metal, a soft release
of gas, the almost polite click…
Locked in the House
COST OF LIVING · MARKETS · MACROECONOMICS
April 21, 2026
TUESDAY: Locked in the House
The keybox sticks for a second
before it gives, the metal…