Magazine Issue

September 8, 2020

A new kind of media
Magazine - Your Land

A new kind of media

Polarization continues to deepen America’s divide, and most people in the United States say the media is to blame. Earlier this summer, 84% said the mainstream media…

Kaylee McGhee White
Invisible children
Economy

Invisible children

Throughout the spring, child welfare agencies across the country were warning about a precipitous decline in reports made to child abuse hotlines. Massachusetts saw a drop of…

Naomi Schaefer Riley
A microschooling manual
Economy

A microschooling manual

In March, public school shutdowns in response to COVID-19 affected more than 50 million children. Caught flat-footed, most districts failed at crisis online learning. Only 1 in…

Lindsey Burke
Dethroning the Kennedys
Magazine - Features

Dethroning the Kennedys

BOSTON — Judaism has a concept called the decline of the generations. As one rabbi puts it in the Talmud: “If the early generations are characterized as…

Ira Stoll
Political pants
Magazine - Life & Arts

Political pants

Must everything be political? Even pants? Levi Strauss & Co. wants people to vote. Well, at least some people. They are pushing a voter registration drive with…

Eric Felten