Social Justice How ‘Girls Trip’ Helped Me Escape the Madness I have seen the movie seven times, and it helped me survive the summer. Hanif Abdurraqib
Social Justice At This Year’s Emmys, a Defiant but Confused Political Tone The 69th annual television awards sent a very mixed political message. Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief Did Pope Francis Just Compare Abortion to Trump’s Immigration Policy? The pontiff calls out Trump—and the American public—on an instance of what he deems unchristian ethical inconsistency. Massoud Hayoun
News in Brief Supreme Court Justice Upholds Part of Trump’s Travel Ban Justice Anthony Kennedy issued a short-term order that bans thousands of refugees from entering the United States. Morgan Baskin
News in Brief Trump Lawyers Ask to Revive Part of Refugee Ban The new White House request argues that an agency's help isn't enough to merit an exception to its refugee ban. Francie Diep
News in Brief Counties Trump Won Have Lower Rates of Life Expectancy A new analysis finds a stark metric for the health-depleting stress of Americans who felt left behind—and who saw Trump as a possible savior. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief The Silencing of Hillary Clinton Addressing the primary criticisms of Clinton's historic run for the presidency. Seth Masket
News in Brief House Passes Bill to Raise the Debt Ceiling It ratified a measure to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government through December 8th. Morgan Baskin
Economics Is Trump Right About the Debt Ceiling? The president is saying we should get rid of the debt ceiling. Lots of economists would agree. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief Senate Passes Bill to Raise the Debt Ceiling A supermajority of the Senate voted on Thursday to pass a short-term measure to raise the debt ceiling. Morgan Baskin