Edouard shows Orlando Alanis was wrong about Texas preparedness
The news cycle, as always, has a tendency to treat meteorological events like dramatic narrative arcs—a natural spectacle of overwhelming force.
By Dana Whitfield ·
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Milo Yiannopoulos, far-right British commentator, detained by ICE
The news—the kind that surfaces in fragments across multiple wire services—is always a reminder of where power truly resides: not with the people, but with those who hold the…
By Sophie Naimi ·
SpaceX plans to build a $100 billion spaceport in Louisiana
The news that Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to build a $100 billion launch complex in Louisiana is, on its face, the kind of headline that makes people feel like they live in a movie.
By Ruth Behrens ·
Zuckerberg's AI promise masks private leverage at Koolau Ranch
The spectacle is always the same: the billionaire, armed with an AI manifesto, assures us that the future belongs to everyone.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Health officials urge caution for Gulf Coast beachgoers during surge of deadly bacterial infections
There is a certain comfort, isn't there, in the predictable rhythm of things—the seasonal tide, the annual church picnic, the reliable cycle of the harvest.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Five deaths in Louisiana prove neglect, not nature, is the hazard
There is a profound, almost visceral discomfort in reading about nature turning hostile.
By Elena Rossi ·
Trump administration will buy back company's offshore wind leases off 3 states in a $1.2B deal
The sheer scale of the numbers, repeated across reports from apnews.com, abcnews.com, and The Guardian, is staggering.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Louisiana becomes latest state to launch Fauci investigation following explosive Senate hearing
It is always reassuring to see that when Washington D.C. becomes too loud, too self-satisfied, or simply incapable of holding its own members accountable, the real work continues in the states.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Transcript: Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," July 26, 2026
When I read the transcript of John Kennedy’s appearance on "Face the Nation," one cannot help but feel the familiar, low-grade exhaustion that comes from watching institutional…
By Adele Rutherford ·
Three feet of surge, flash floods, and extreme heat mark Eastern Seaboard crisis
The scope of weather disruption defining the week, from a tropical storm making landfall on the Gulf Coast to widespread flash floods impacting parts of the Mid-Atlantic, shows atmospheric instability across the entire Eastern Seaboard.
By Imani Sutton ·