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In this week’s newsletter: The Anti-Trans Hate Machine returns with a second series looking back at America’s record of violence toward transgender people. Plus: five of the best pop culture podcasts

Again, America grieves. Monday morning, an assailant wielding two assault-style weapons and a pistol gunned down three students, all age 9, and three adults at a small private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the eighth mass killing at an American K-12 school since 2006, according to The Associated…

In the past week, America has pondered two news stories involving schools, one tragic, the other cynical. On Monday, an attacker shot and killed three children and three adults in a Tennessee grade school, the latest in an almost-weekly parade of carnage in America’s classrooms. Days earlier, House Republicans, who…

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) training has become a lucrative industry. Harvard Business Review reported that “U.S. companies spend roughly $8 billion a year on DEI training.” No wonder a survey by The Economist suggests that the number of people hired for jobs with “diversity” or “inclusion” in the title…

Sharlet, who spent a dozen years talking to ordinary people about their predilection for violence, has long sounded the alarm

House Republicans are set to approve a sprawling energy package that counters virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change

This week's Nashville school shooting is the latest in the long history of mass shootings across America, with the number of incidents rising significantly in the last decade.

Carbon-free power isn’t free of hard choices.

Texas suburbia seems to be the best bang for your buck during these inflationary times.

Biden's CHIPS Act doesn't stipulate a role for SMBs–and their innovations are dying or getting scooped up by countries like China.

Drink brand Pepsi is unveiling a new logo and visual identity system in time for its 125th anniversary, and globally in 2024, with its new look first being rolled out in America