Culture

Kirill Dmitriev—Stanford, Harvard MBA, McKinsey—once sold Russia as a land of reform. Now he's selling out Ukraine's sovereignty in Mar-a-Lago backrooms. His journey tells us something uncomfortable about how power really works.

Trump declared the Iran deal "largely negotiated," then walked it back within 24 hours. Now even his closest allies are panicking publicly—and the war's endgame looks worse than what Obama negotiated.

In 2011, Barbara Walters told the Kardashians they had no talent. Fourteen years later, that verdict looks less like an insult and more like a misreading of what talent now means.

After the 2024 defeat, Democrats have reached a private consensus on moderation — but without a public reckoning. Can a 'vibe shift' actually rebuild a party brand?

From VCRs to John Deere tractors, the right-to-repair battle traces back to a 1998 copyright law never meant to lock your dishwasher. Here's how it happened.

AI looks like liberation, threat, or environmental disaster depending on where you stand. A framework of nine competing narratives reveals why single-lens thinking is the real danger.

The Wizard of the Kremlin isn't really about Putin's evil. It's about the clever people who thought they could manage him—and what that says about how power actually works.

A satirical graduation address goes viral for one uncomfortable reason: it's not really wrong. What the joke reveals about AI, entry-level jobs, and the deal we made with work.

For 18 years, Soviet warhead uranium powered one in ten American light bulbs. As nuclear arsenals grow and climate pressure mounts, can the Megatons to Megawatts deal be revived?

The WHO declared an Ebola emergency in May 2026. But this outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo strain — and no approved vaccine or treatment exists for it. Here's why that changes everything.

Thousands gathered on the National Mall to 'rededicate America to God,' backed by $150M in federal funds and corporate sponsors. Inside the New Apostolic Reformation's most visible moment yet.

AI wearables that silently record conversations are coming. A look at the escalating battle between surveillance tech and the countermeasures trying to stop it—and why the mouse usually loses.