New York archdiocese pays $800 million to buy a clean slate
By Maya Ellison ·
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Joe Sweeny fights New York socialists, but videos cannot govern
Joe Sweeny brings sharp common sense to his viral New York videos, but sixty-second clips cannot substitute for the organized party work required to rescue a collapsing city.
By Caroline Ashford ·
A deadly nor'easter proves New York was right to fear the water
A powerful nor'easter brought coastal flooding and power outages to the Northeast, proving that non-named storms turn lethal when residents ignore warnings.
By Daniel Okafor ·
George Pataki warns that polarization is a victory for terrorists
George Pataki argues that a lack of leadership presence and rising polarization have eroded the shared duty of Americans.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Cassandra Wilson proved the only way to be universal is local
Cassandra Wilson died Tuesday morning at her home in Jackson, Mississippi, at the age of 70.
By Ruth Behrens ·
Mangione's plea in Manhattan contained the UnitedHealthcare narrative
The American obsession with definitive closure is perhaps its most exhausting and least useful characteristic.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Medicare cuts fuel eye doctors' pivot to expensive lasers and profit
The American healthcare system has a deeply ingrained habit of confusing technological novelty with genuine clinical necessity.
By Imani Sutton ·
Judge orders pause of Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax rollout after homeowners sue
The moment you realize that the mechanisms of modern governance—the tax roll, the notice, the arbitrary fine—are designed not for fairness but for extraction, you get it.
By Maya Ellison ·
AOC turning private care into policy talking points on abcnews.com
The American political stage has always been a spectacle of carefully curated vulnerability, but nothing quite matches the theatrical nature of Rep.
By Grant Colby ·
AOC's "possibility" threatens solidarity after ABC's This Week
The language of possibility, it seems, is the most dangerous commodity in modern politics.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
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 ·
Abortion Foes Backed Ballot Measures in 2 Red States. Voters Said No
Out here where I live—where the smell of diesel fuel mixes with the scent of cut hay—you learn something fundamental about power: it doesn't reside in marble halls or fancy legal briefs.
By Ruth Behrens ·
Sanders' circle fixates on heirs instead of global commerce
The American progressive left has mistaken a charismatic figure—a brand, if you will—for an enduring economic model.
By Bram de Vries ·
Three cases of rare tick-borne disease ‘rabbit fever’ suspected in New York
Three probable cases of tularemia—or "rabbit fever"—have surfaced in Suffolk County, a stark reminder that the wild world doesn't care about your student loan payments or your 401k.
By Maya Ellison ·
D’Agostino blocks New York state laws regulating ICE agents' conduct
The moment a local government believes it has the right to dictate the uniform conduct of federal agents—whether that’s through banning masks or restricting cooperation…
By Sophie Naimi ·
A new option for terminally ill patients in New York: Medically assisted death
The moment Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Medical Aid in Dying Act into New York State Law on February 6, 2026, it wasn't a victory for freedom; it was another piece of…
By Grant Colby ·