Magazine Issue

June 18, 2019

Word of the Week: ‘Concentration camp’
Immigration

Word of the Week: ‘Concentration camp’

I wrote here two weeks ago about the Guardian changing its style guide to suggest replacing “climate change” with “climate emergency/crisis” and “climate skeptic” with “climate science…

Nicholas Clairmont
Politicians admit mental health struggles
Healthcare

Politicians admit mental health struggles

Presidential candidate Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., recently delivered confessions that are rare for members of Congress: They once struggled with and were…

Kimberly Leonard
I was wrong
Magazine - Life & Arts

I was wrong

At least I didn’t write the headline. “Crash landing for Buble” is what it said in big letters on top of a newspaper review I had written…

Eric Felten
Bye bye brony
Magazine - Your Land

Bye bye brony

Nine seasons after Hasbro relaunched its iconic ’80s franchise “My Little Pony,” the decade of the “brony” is coming to an end. A brony is, or was,…

Tiana Lowe Doescher
Red flags
Magazine - Features

Red flags

The U.S.-China trade war is making headlines, but the most important aspect of the long-term economic competition with China isn’t soybeans or natural gas, it’s technology. The…

Zack Cooper and Eric Lorber