MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: The danger above
Trump claims American cities are dangerous. For the real danger, you may want to look up| The.Ink
Trump claims American cities are dangerous. For the real danger, you may want to look up| The.Ink
We could all use a refresher course on our rights. Jill Lepore's "We the People" can help| The.Ink
A major case on guns at the Supreme Court, new limits on the First Amendment, a manifesto from a galaxy much like our own| The.Ink
Gavin Newsom raises the stakes, the cold civil war heats up, Taylor Swift gives cause for hope| The.Ink
You don't win in politics by waging a war on normal people doing normal things| The.Ink
Fighting the Supreme Court's dismantling of the Bill of Rights, and Bad Bunny's bigger idea of what it means to be American| The.Ink
In "We the People," historian Jill Lepore explains the constitutional crisis before us| The.Ink
Folk wisdom, medical grifters, love and climate, a yacht heist, and more| The.Ink
The climate/economic/masculinity/political polycrisis as art| The.Ink
Laughs and limits at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, Russia's shadow war, an older and wiser return to rock| The.Ink
Strategist Corbin Trent on how to beat MAGA in 2026, 2028, and beyond| The.Ink
The economist and risk researcher Luke Kemp on how and why civilizations end, the dangers our society faces, and what comes after| The.Ink
A starter list of urban military exercises, from the subway to the bodega| The.Ink
The prizewinning novelist on his latest book, "What We Can Know," and how a dystopian novel can be an antidote to metaphysical gloom| The.Ink
Trump crosses the line, a way forward against oligarchy, new life in old songs| The.Ink
The author and activist on why everything suddenly got worse -- and how to fight for a better future| The.Ink
A path between a big tent at any cost and civic pessimism without any hope| The.Ink
Making Republicans own the funding crisis, the made-for-TV military meeting, behind the scenes at the roots of fascism| The.Ink
What’s behind the Portland incursion, universities impose loyalty tests, hip-hop standards| the.ink
As the country argues who's responsible for political violence, is a new blacklist being written?| the.ink
The Supreme Court says, "Show us your papers"| the.ink
Artificial intelligence is bringing us cute puppy videos — and deepfakes, disinformation, and a potentially existential threat to democracy. Sneha Revanur has a vision to fix it before it's too late| the.ink
Weekend Reads for September 6, 2025| the.ink
Priya Parker, master facilitator and author of the new Substack GROUP LIFE (and my wife), on why we need less self-help and more group help, why democracy depends on the act of hosting, and more| the.ink
Journalist Caleb Gayle on Edward P. McCabe’s Sisyphean struggle to build Black political power in 19th-century Oklahoma| the.ink
Our September Ink Book Club selection is "Night Watch," by poet Kevin Young| the.ink
Can movement politics shape a presidency?| the.ink
Can a renegade make peace with the system -- and even change it?| the.ink
How the youngest woman in Congress learned to leverage fame — and what she taught the Democratic Party| the.ink
Calling in and calling out with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez| the.ink
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's roots and the future of the Democratic Party| the.ink
Resurrecting the Lost Cause at the Smithsonian Institution and Arlington National Cemetery| the.ink
A newsletter on politics and culture, money and power -- telling the truth without fear -- from Anand Giridharadas. Click to read The.Ink, a Substack publication.| the.ink
Dr. Vivek Murthy talks to us about the crisis of American masculinity, why pro-democracy leaders struggle to speak to the emotions, and whether social media should be banned for minors| the.ink
Author Ruth Whippman on her new book, "BoyMom," and how our failure to address the crisis of boys and men is imperiling all of us -- and democracy itself| the.ink
On the right's failure to deliver for white rural America, the left's failure to see and embrace it, and why changing these dynamics is vital to beating back authoritarianism| the.ink
Progress is good. It’s also disorienting for millions. Helping people cope is vital to beating back authoritarian movements| the.ink
What will be your posture in a second Trump era? Resistance? Retreating into the local? Returning to your craft?| the.ink
A.I. activist Sneha Revanur on what the next president needs to do to ensure a safer future and make technology work for all Americans| the.ink
How the Democratic Party is learning to love building, and what it can do to solve the affordable housing crisis| the.ink
A silver lining in the new Justice Department indictment| the.ink
Psychologist and author Jo-Ann Finkelstein on why we need to change the way we raise girls — and how we can do it| the.ink
Journalist Jane Perlez on how the U.S. can change the dangerous trend lines with Beijing| the.ink
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson outlines a three-part plan for how a Harris administration might address the border question — and the larger issues behind it| the.ink
Matthew Duss on what a Harris administration should do on foreign policy: "We are not pitting American workers against workers in China or anywhere else in this zero-sum competition."| the.ink
Introducing UNBURDENED, The Ink's new series helping to imagine a transformational Harris agenda| the.ink
An excerpt from our interview with the surgeon general on the crisis of American masculinity and why pro-democracy leaders struggle to speak to the emotions| the.ink
