Business
Lusting for influence
The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of the now-defunct health technology company Theranos, is a case study of how greed for wealth has,…
February 5, 2019
Magazine - Lead Stories
War of words
Every war leaves its mark on the landscape, as anyone who has visited the artillery-pocked and trench-scarred fields of Northern France can tell you, even a century…
Foreign Policy
Trump vs. Kim, Round Two
President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month has experts hoping the president avoids Singapore redux and produces concrete steps to move closer…
Beltway Confidential
Letter from the editor: Feb. 5, 2019
The dramatic intervention in Venezuela by President Trump, his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and national security adviser John Bolton challenges every critical assumption about this administration’s…
Magazine - Your Land
Steph and LeBron pick their squads
When Akron’s LeBron James went from St. Vincent-St. Mary prep school to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and again years later when he returned and brought a championship to…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The Harden they fall
As James Harden’s streak of scoring 30 or more points per game stretched into its third month, head coaches of rival NBA teams kept scratching their heads…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
The ‘deep fake’ threat
After the 2016 election, the public learned to be wary of social media, where tricksters masked their identities to spread false and inflammatory information. Now, experts warn…
Healthcare
Democrats go after Medicaid holdouts
House Democrats are preparing to reshape and reframe Obamacare’s optional Medicaid expansion to force holdout red-state governments to go along with it, using either the carrot or…
Immigration
Obituary: Fatima Ali, 1989-2019
For many Americans who grew up in immigrant households, food is and remains a symbol of love. The sights, smells, and sounds of a warm kitchen are…