Policy

Eight Regional Newspapers Sue Microsoft and OpenAI

The publishers say ChatGPT infringes on their copyright.

How Competitive High Schools Get Away With Race-Based Admissions

The Supreme Court ended affirmative action for colleges, but entrance policies with racial effects persist at the K-12 level.

Let’s Stop Romanticizing the Cult of Protest

The tolerance for mobs shouting insults and blocking traffic is driven by misguided nostalgia for the 1960s.

The Fierce Urgency of Tao

When the truth is subjective, contests of tastes are really just contests of power.

The Attention Cost of Digital Platforms

Yanis Varoufakis’ ‘Technofeudalism’ downplays what makes companies like Apple and Meta tick.

FTC Non-Compete Ban Sparks Legal Challenge

‘Regardless of what happens with the rule … everybody’s talking about it.’

Oregon Taps Out of Drug Decriminalization

Three years after voting to make drug use legal, the state has reversed course.

How Universities Can Take Back the Quad

They have student codes of conduct, they just need to enforce them.

Gaslighting in Defense of Bigotry

Columbia’s protesters said the quiet part out loud. Why isn’t the left listening?

The Baltimore Accident and Other ‘Supply Chain Crises’ That Keep Not Happening

The global economy is far more dynamic—and resilient—than you think.

Mike Johnson Tries to Do the Impossible

Could the speaker open the door to a new era of deliberation for the House?

Pinching Pennies for Putin

J.D. Vance pretends to be a fiscal conservative in his quest against foreign aid.

House Passes Trio of Foreign Aid Bills

What do the bipartisan pieces of legislation actually do?

The Cass Review Won’t Fade Away

How youth gender medicine broke almost every liberal institution it touched.

Ukraine Aid Could Cost Mike Johnson the Speakership

'You do the right thing, and you let the chips fall where they may.'

Our Best Stuff From a Week the House Passed Ukraine Aid

Plus, Israel responds to Iran’s attack, and Donald Trump’s Manhattan trial is underway.