Two Congressmen, Two Parties, One Reason — and the Coverage Tells You Everything
A Democrat and a Republican resigned from Congress on the same day over sexual misconduct, but the media coverage was not remotely equal.
Maya Calloway
Bureau: New York
PEN America Awarded $350,000 to Writers and Hoped No One Would Remember Last Year
The 62nd PEN America Literary Awards gave $350,000 to writers and called it a return to form, which requires believing the form was ever in question.
Philadelphia Opened a Thousand-Work Exhibition About American Art and Timed It to the Question of What America Is
Two museums, 1,000 works, 250 years of American creativity — and the timing dares you to ask whether the nation still resembles the art it made.
A Man Told the Washington Post He Eats 'Boy Kibble' and the Media Fell for the Oldest Bodybuilding Meal in History
Gen Z rebranded ground beef and rice as 'boy kibble,' media ran nutritional analyses of a meme, and the internet watched the literacy gap widen in real time.
Six Books Made the International Booker Shortlist, Spanning Five Languages and No Easy Categories
The 2026 International Booker Prize shortlist names six translated novels, with the winner announced May 19 at Tate Modern.
The Longest Government Shutdown in American History Hits Day 66 and Nobody Is Talking About It
The partial DHS shutdown is now the longest funding lapse in U.S. history at 66 days, eclipsed by louder crises.