Intro An Amazon Echo on a kitchen counter, a Samsung television in a living room and a Flock Safety camera on a neighborhood pole all collect information about people who never signed anything. That raises a fair question: how is any of it legal in states that require everyone in a conversation to consent before it is recorded? The short...
October 8, 2026
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Three Years After October 7, Gaza Is on the Midterm Ballot
Introduction Three years ago today, Hamas-led gunmen crossed from Gaza into southern Israel, killing roughly 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. In the days that followed, the U.S. House voted overwhelmingly to stand with Israel, and support for Israel’s right to respond was close to a bipartisan given in American politics. Few would have predicted that, by the 2026 midterms,...
One Movement, Two Rulebooks: Feminism’s Consistency Problem in 2026
Introduction In the span of four weeks, five stories tested what the American feminist movement actually stands for. The answers did not line up. On Sept. 4, a Massachusetts jury deadlocked in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother who strangled her three children. Hundreds of women had rallied outside the courthouse on her behalf. On Sept. 30,...
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Who Consented? How Alexa, Samsung TVs and Flock Fit Into America’s Recording Laws
Intro An Amazon Echo on a kitchen counter, a Samsung television in a living room and a Flock Safety camera...
Three Years After October 7, Gaza Is on the Midterm Ballot
Introduction Three years ago today, Hamas-led gunmen crossed from Gaza into southern Israel, killing roughly 1,200 people and taking 251...
One Movement, Two Rulebooks: Feminism’s Consistency Problem in 2026
Introduction In the span of four weeks, five stories tested what the American feminist movement actually stands for. The answers...
Mosque and Islamic School Fights Are Not a Red or Blue State Issue
A Fight That Crosses Every Political Map In January, the city council in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, voted 4-1 to deny...
Moody’s Predicted 2026 Would Break More Private Colleges. Nine Months In, Here’s the Scorecard
Introduction In November 2025, Moody’s Ratings warned that 2026 would be the year one in six private colleges could no...
America.gov: What the New Federal Portal Can Do for Passports and Name Changes Today and What’s Still Coming
Introduction The federal government opened a new front door on Sept. 29, 2026. America.gov is an AI-assisted portal meant to...
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A Migrant Caravan Heads North Five Weeks Before the Midterms: Organic Movement or Manufactured Moment?
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