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The Canal de l'Ourcq bathtub race turns 15
Dear organizers, dear participants, dear onlookers who came to cheer from the banks, I'm writing this letter the day after the 15th

A year after Trump's budget law, rural hospitals are still closing
On July 4, 2025, Donald Trump signed with great fanfare his tax and budget law nicknamed the Big Beautiful Bill, promising massive

The Supreme Court, Trans Athletes, and a Closing Body of Law
On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two separate but convergent rulings on the place of transgender

Measles in America, the worst year in 35 years is not fate
I am writing this letter because the numbers coming out of the CDC these past few weeks deserve a moment of pause,

The Defense budget held hostage by Trump's voter-ID obsession
On June 30, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives sent its members home two days earlier than planned for the July 4

Rocket Lab swallows Iridium for $8 billion, the West muscles up against SpaceX
California-based Rocket Lab signed a definitive agreement on June 29, 2026 to acquire satellite communications giant Iridium Communications for an enterprise value

Judge Sullivan, the last line of defense against Trump's grip on mail-in voting
On July 1, 2026, federaljudgeEmmet G. Sullivan, of the District Court for Washington D.C., blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to

Why the Epstein-Zorro Ranch file finally deserves answers
Sir, Madam, I am writing this open letter to you because a case file stubbornly refuses to vanish into the administrative oblivion

Is lung cancer hijacking our nervous system
Here's a figure worth pausing on: according to the Cleveland Clinic, roughly a quarter of cancer deaths are attributable not to the