SpaceX Has People Betting on Mars
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Aren’t You Just Loving Gas Prices?
Inflation is on the rise, but the Trump administration doesn’t seem concerned.
A Flesh-Eating Pest Is Driving Up the Price of Beef. That’s Not the Only Reason to Be Worried.
Is the industry screwed?
Old Money: The Long History of the Dollar
Brendan Greeley offers up the surprising origin story of our favorite currency.
Republicans don’t want to talk about abortion. In these states, they may have to.
In at least two battleground states, voters will decide in the midterms whether to protect a right to the procedure.
Trump administration to phase out HIV funding for South Africa
The State Department said the country had failed to address the president’s concerns about treatment of its white citizens.
FTC sues transgender care group, arguing it deceived parents and patients
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health has a leading role in determining how gender-affirming care is provided.
RFK Jr. keeps showing up in districts Republicans need to win
The health secretary has visited four House districts with toss-up races in the last six weeks.
RFK Jr.’s olive branch isn’t winning over his staffers
But inside the health department, workers say the dysfunction of the DOGE era persists.
When Church Was a Queer Space
Outward’s hosts sit down with the host and co-creator of When We All Get to Heaven.
Remembering, with the People of MCC San Francisco, AIDS Still Isn’t Over.
The neighborhood changes, the church moves, people forget and remember “the AIDS years,” but AIDS isn’t over.
What Happens When You Organize Church Around AIDS – and AIDS Changes?
The AIDS cocktail opens new possibilities. And MCC San Francisco tries to use the experience of AIDS to make bigger social change.
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose.
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it.
A Church Romance Between a Hula Dancer and a Lumbersexual Blossoms in a Dangerous Time.
The church’s “it couple” faces AIDS, caregiving, and loss as part of a pair, part of families, and part of a community.
The AI Super PACs Trying to Influence the Midterms
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OpenAI’s CEO signed a letter in 2023 acknowledging that AI might cause human beings to go extinct. More recently, Anthropic’s CEO said that AI will “test us as a species.
Another Top General Is Out at the Pentagon
General Chris “C. D.” Donahue was the last U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan during the chaotic 2021 withdrawal. As the head of Army forces in Europe and Africa, he has helped bolster Ukraine in its fight to repel the Russian invasion. Now Donahue has become the latest casualty in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s purge of the military’s senior ranks.
Donahue’s abrupt departure, after just 18 months in his role, is another sign of the upheaval.
America’s Greatest Food Export
As far as I can tell, patient zero was a Swedish 24-year-old named Elsa Thora. “Why did no one tell me ranch sauce is like crack?” she posted to X earlier this month, apparently hours after landing in Indianapolis for a monthlong World Cup trip. “EUROPE WE NEED RANCH ASAP.” The post received 49,000 likes and propelled Thora to a very specific kind of fame.
Is It Warm Out There?
Summer has begun—which is to say, wildfires in the West are chasing residents from their homes, the snowpack has dwindled to near-record lows in several states, drought is spreading, and temperatures are regularly exploring new heights. Yet America does not seem to be sweating climate change. You could call it “climate hushing,” as Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and others do, or a “worry gap,” as one study has. Whatever you call it, America’s interest in talking about climate change is at an ebb.
The Atlantic Announces Joshua Partlow, Ariel Sabar, and Sebastian Smee as Staff Writers
The Atlantic is announcing the hires of three new staff writers: Ariel Sabar, who has contributed to The Atlantic as a freelancer since 2015, and Joshua Partlow and Sebastian Smee, both joining from The Washington Post.
Joshua will cover extreme weather and natural disasters. Ariel will focus on in-depth narrative reporting. Sebastian will write widely about visual art and its influence on modern life and culture.
“MAGA Inc.”: CorpWatch on Trump’s World of Tech Titans, Crypto Czars & Prison Profiteers
A new report by CorpWatch titled ”MAGA Inc.” reveals which allies of President Trump are profiting off of the administration’s policies. Pratap Chatterjee, executive director of CorpWatch, says that prison companies and Big Tech companies have cashed out on policies of mass deportation. “The people that we think are profiting the most out of MAGA [are in] the business of deportation, the business of gathering data,” says Chatterjee.
DSA vs. Establishment: New York Primary Tests Growing Antiwar Split in Democratic Party
Today is Election Day in New York, with a number of primary challengers hoping to unseat Democratic establishment politicians. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have a packed slate of 10 candidates across congressional, state Assembly and state Senate races. “People are really looking for something else other than these corporate Democrats,” says Liza Featherstone, author and columnist for Jacobin.
Remembering Mona Khalil, Beloved Lebanese Sea Turtle Conservationist Killed in Israeli Airstrike
Acclaimed conservationist Mona Khalil was killed by an Israeli strike on her beachside home in the village of al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon. The 76-year-old spent more than 25 years working to protect endangered sea turtles, and her work helped turn a stretch of southern Lebanon’s coastline into one of the most important nesting sites for endangered sea turtles in the eastern Mediterranean.
Remembering Ahmed Wishah, the Latest Palestinian Journalist Killed by Israel in Gaza
Israel is continuing to attack Gaza despite the so-called ceasefire. Israeli strikes killed Ahmed Wishah, a cameraman with Al Jazeera, and at least six people, including two children, on Saturday. Wishah’s brother Mohammed, who also worked for Al Jazeera, was killed in an Israeli strike this April. Israel has now killed over 260 journalists in Gaza, including at least 12 working for Al Jazeera, since October 2023.
SpaceX Has People Betting on Mars
Only Elon Musk and his memestock appeal could get serious investors to go along with a business plan that includes colonizing Mars…
Aren’t You Just Loving Gas Prices?
Inflation is on the rise, but the Trump administration doesn’t seem concerned.
A Flesh-Eating Pest Is Driving Up the Price of Beef. That’s Not the Only Reason to Be Worried.
Is the industry screwed?
Old Money: The Long History of the Dollar
Brendan Greeley offers up the surprising origin story of our favorite currency.
Republicans don’t want to talk about abortion. In these states, they may have to.
In at least two battleground states, voters will decide in the midterms whether to protect a right to the procedure.
Trump administration to phase out HIV funding for South Africa
The State Department said the country had failed to address the president’s concerns about treatment of its white citizens.
FTC sues transgender care group, arguing it deceived parents and patients
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health has a leading role in determining how gender-affirming care is provided.