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The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
Those who want to weaken the Spanish government, boost the European far right, and create turmoil inside the European Union lost little time in promoting images from Ceuta as soon as they arrived, @anneapplebaum writes:
NYTimes.com: This Is What My Father’s Assassination Taught Me About the War in Iran
This Is What My Father’s Assassination Taught Me About the War in Iran
After a lifetime of observing Iran’s revolutionary generation, I know that expecting meekness or diplomatic finesse from them is a dangerous illusion.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/opinion/iran-revolution-father-murder-boroujerdi-grimm.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: The War That Could Swallow the World
The War That Could Swallow the World
Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.
NYTimes.com: Stop Testing A.I. Like an App. Test It Like a Weapon.
Stop Testing A.I. Like an App. Test It Like a Weapon.
Responding to the safety risks A.I. pose means coming to terms with an uncomfortable truth: A.I. models are weapons.
NYTimes: Gen Z Thinks Religion Got Too Political
Gen Z Thinks Religion Got Too Political https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/opinion/gen-z-religion-evangelicals-trump.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
Chief Justice John Roberts has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career—and he may soon achieve his goal, @davedaley3 argues.
The Lines the Court Won’t Cross
The Supreme Court is mostly giving the Trump administration what it wants—with interesting exceptions, Aziz Huq argues:
Talking Again With Gabriel Zucman Oligarchy, wealth taxes, and more
Even Trump Can’t Spin This One
President Trump seems unable to spin this conflict, divert sufficient attention away from it with a new controversy, or end it outright, Charlie Warzel writes.