A propaganda war on the National Mall pits Trump against satirical statues and posters The Trump administration and its critics are waging a war of images on the National Mall like none before. The president's face stares down from federal buildings while statues and posters mock him below. Frank Langfitt
Holy week in Jerusalem: Seders in bomb shelters, priests pray in empty churches In Jerusalem, the war with Iran is presenting religious challenges in this very important week.
The oil industry is betting big on plastics. Here's what that means for the future Journalist Beth Gardiner says the fossil fuel industry is increasingly reliant upon plastic products. Her book is Plastic Inc.: The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil's Biggest Bet. Tonya Mosley
From scrappy startup to tech giant, Apple celebrates its 50th year Countercultural mythmaking and global corporate dominance have helped the tech corporation sail through criticism. Chloe Veltman
Death Cab for Cutie, Turnstile, Bikini Kill, De La Soul, and more coming to Bumbershoot 2026 Dyer Oxley
Former Alex Jones employee says: 'It was nonsense, it was lies' Josh Owens spent four years as a video editor and field producer for Jones' Infowars media company. "It was all about making things look cinematic," he says. Owens' memoir is The Madness of Believing. Dave Davies
'The Keeper' is a grand finale to Tana French's Cal Hooper crime series Set in a quaint Irish village, The Keeper follows The Searcher and The Hunter, and solidifies the crime series' status as a contemporary classic. Maureen Corrigan
Inside the high-priced retreats promising to help men reclaim their masculinity The Trump era has brought a resurgence of the "alpha male." New Yorker writer Charles Bethea reports on camps where men crawl through mud and sit in ice baths in an effort to reclaim masculinity. Tonya Mosley
Thieves steal paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from a private museum in Italy Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy. The Associated Press
Farmworker communities are still reeling after Chavez sexual abuse allegations Cesar Chavez once lived in Delano, home of the United Farm Workers' first HQ. In the wake of sexual abuse allegations against him, many in the city struggle over removing his name from public spaces. Kerry Klein
