Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
Republicans accidentally protected abortion while trying to kill Obamacare
The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that abortion must remain legal in that state, despite a 2023 law seeking to ban it. The case is known as State v. Johnson. Wyoming is America’s reddest state — President Donald Trump won Wyoming by 46 points in 2024, a wider margin than in any other state […]
You can keep a child from starving for less than $100
“It is the first time since 2017 that a famine has been declared anywhere on Earth,” I read earlier this year. The famine in question was in Sudan. Soon after, I read another headline: “Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza.” As images of emaciated children spread across social media, the question loomed over Western […]
What actually is the “Donroe Doctrine”?
The Trump administration is taking a shockingly interventionist approach to the Western Hemisphere, as shown by last weekend’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his threats of military intervention against several other countries in the region. But we can’t say we weren’t warned. Donald Trump came into office a second time pledging to retake […]
The one line that Trump’s foreign policy still hasn’t crossed
After illegally invading Venezuela — and capturing its dictatorial leader — President Donald Trump is threatening to launch similar attacks against a wide array of countries. On Sunday, he reiterated his belief that the United States must annex Greenland, since its waters are “covered with Russian and Chinese ships.” He further declared that the US may […]
How to turn casual friends into close friends
When Sam Dylan Finch was in his early 20s, he had the friend group he thought he always wanted. “We had holiday dinners, and game nights, and it felt really lovely,” he said. But then, some dating within the friend group and then a death in the circle split them apart. People split up and […]