It's been over a week, and neither the fires nor the fake ... it's not impossible to use "directed energy" to start a fire—you can do it yourself with a magnifying glass—but there's no ...

(Ezra Klein) Last week, Trump tried to stop payment of all federal grants and assistance. But people rose up in protest, and within a day Trump rescinded the entire effort. How did we do it?

In a moment of profound national crisis, could a topic be more relevant? (Is there a future for American democracy?) In this Duke University event, popular New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie w ...