The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse and oversight over military actions, but recent actions by the White House appear to step on that authority. We discuss whether Congress has ceded its power to the Trump administration and what it would take to get it back. As the walls come down on the Read More…
Crowd cheers during the “No Kings” rally on Boston Common on Oct. 18, 2025. I didn’t feel compelled to join a “No Kings” protest in June or last weekend, and don’t know any other Black person who had been burning to attend one. But Saturday in New York City, I met a friend from out of Read More…
UPDATE: Two children, ages 9 and 10, face serious charges, including attempted murder and , following a brutal assault on a 5-year-old girl in Cleveland last month, according to Cuyahoga County prosecutors. The suspects, a 9-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl, have been charged with attempted murder, , felonious assault, kidnapping, and strangulation in Read More…
Sakir Everett, an 11-year-old African American boy from Lansing, Michigan, who bravely disarmed a classmate with a gun, has been expelled from his school. Instead of being celebrated as a hero, he now faces a year away from the classroom. The incident took place back in May at Dwight Rich School of the Arts. Sakir Read More…
Story by Benji Jones A person’s hand holding a fish.© Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images For those of us with anxiety (hello!), the class of prescription drugs known as benzodiazepines, or benzos, can be a boon in times of crisis. Though they are addictive, they’re pretty good at chilling us out. But it turns out that by Read More…
It Transformed My Life In Ways I Never Expected. “I’ll move to the Azores if you want,” I said to my wife, Samantha, after a conflict with an extended family member, who blamed me for something they’d done. It wasn’t really an offer; it was a threat, and one I’d used before. The Portuguese islands Read More…
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