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Essays and analysis on culture, media, belief, identity, institutions, ethics, social behavior, and the ideas people use to understand one another and public life.
Susan Dell’s viral White House appearance has revived an extraordinary question: could reptilian shapeshifters be hiding among us? We trace the theory’s origins, examine specific
Ms. Rachel is willing to risk the platform she built for the principles she claims to hold. That should force a bigger conversation about celebrity
A real FBI-led inquiry into dead and missing scientists has collided with a much larger claim: that the supposedly dead and missing people are actually
A surreal video from Brazil looks like a giant wall is ripping across the sky. The best-supported explanation is much stranger but real: an enormous
Dr. Dorender Gray was a University of Washington OB-GYN resident before a mental-health referral, disputed neuropsychological testing and a $350 clearance dispute preceded the end
A viral theory connects McGraw Hill to Robert and Ghislaine Maxwell, billionaire Tom Gores, prison-communications company Securus and Hollywood talent agency Paradigm. Several of those
Saying White people can benefit from systemic racism does not mean every White person is wealthy, comfortable, racist, or rewarded every day. The strongest evidence-based
Arnon Milchan really did work clandestinely for Israel before becoming one of Hollywood’s most powerful film financiers. The documented story connects Israel’s nuclear procurement program,
Nolan Wells’s phone came back from Horn Island. Nolan did not. Newly disclosed forensic evidence reconstructs the device’s movements, identifies Snapchat messages that were later
Ms. Rachel is right about something many people have forgotten: Fred Rogers devoted five episodes of *Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood* to an arms race driven by
