The Silence Machine
IMMIGRATION · LAW AND COURTS · PLATFORMS
October 8, 2025
Google and Apple removed apps like
ICEBlock and Red Dot, designed to
alert undocumented families about…
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The Compact
WHITE HOUSE · LAW AND COURTS · POLITICAL POWER
October 7, 2025
The federal government has proposed
a “Compact for Academic Excellence”
to nine universities, conditioning…
Live Free or Blackout
ENERGY · GRID · CLIMATE POLICY
October 6, 2025
New Hampshire’s House Bill 672
proposes exempting off-grid power
providers from traditional utility…
Operation Chowder Shield
WHITE HOUSE · WAR AND SECURITY · MAINE
October 5, 2025
A misreading of a briefing about
Russian drone incursions into Polish
airspace led U.S. officials to…
The Sound of the Line Going
Dead
IMMIGRATION · LAW AND COURTS · POLITICAL POWER
October 4, 2025
Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning
journalist, was deported to El
Salvador after being detained by
ICE, following his.
The kitchen was quiet except for the
hum of the refrigerator and the
tinny echo of a speakerphone.
Katherine Guevara stood with one…
Before the Tumor
MEDICINE · HOSPITALS · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
October 2, 2025
The infusion chairs at UMass
Memorial face a wall of windows, and
in late afternoon the light turns
the IV bags the color of iced tea. A…
The Blue Geometry
ISRAEL · MIDDLE EAST · WAR AND SECURITY
October 1, 2025
Britain, Canada, Australia, and
Portugal recognized the State of
Palestine during the U.N. General…
The Plan You Make While the
Kitchen Is Still Quiet
POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS · VOTING RIGHTS
September 30, 2025
A federal judge ruled the
president’s deployment of troops to
Los Angeles violated the Posse
Comitatus Act.
A Citizen’s Manual for Holding the
Line
The kettle hadn’t clicked off when
the phone lit up. A federal judge in…
Optional Rule of Law
LAW AND COURTS · POLITICAL POWER · WHITE HOUSE
September 29, 2025
The United States’ score of 65 on
Transparency International’s 2024
Corruption Perceptions Index…