Tuesday, October 13, 2026
ArchiveIlhan Omar says she will not be silenced after federal agents raid her home
Federal agents searched a sitting congresswoman's home on Monday, in a criminal case the president has been loudly demanding for months. Whatever the evidence turns out to be, the precedent travels.
Why Americans Stopped Falling in Love
Americans aren't just marrying less — many have stopped dating entirely. Thompson walks right up to the "are men the problem" framing and then declines it, with numbers rather than vibes.
After losing her sons, Yiyun Li learned to ‘suffer better’
Both of her sons died by suicide, six years apart. Li wants nothing to do with closure or consolation; she talks instead about what it means to learn to suffer better.
The Trafficker Who Furnished the Museums of LA
Earl Stendahl stole ancient Mesoamerican objects and sold them, openly, to the museums Los Angeles is proudest of. Researchers have now reconstructed the pipeline, crate by crate.
The Absurd Engineering Behind the Internet
Glass clear enough to carry a signal across an ocean was considered flatly impossible for decades. The retelling of how that assumption fell apart is pure engineering pleasure.