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Why Washington keeps encouraging foreign uprisings—and then walking away
The article critiques a recent court ruling that reinstated funding for the American Academy of Pediatrics, highlighting what it describes as flawed legal reasoning behind the decision.
Secret NIH communications underscore the need for more independent oversight of risky scientific research
There was now much talk of looking for new lands.” This line from the thirteenth-century Icelandic Saga of the Greenlanders is an apt description of Washington, D.C., in 2026. The Saga of the Greenlanders. The post The Viking History of Greenland appeared first on First Things
The sectarian battle lines were drawn long before the US intervention
Paul Mescal's portrayal leans more on grief than genius
In “Jaidë,” or “House of Spirits,” the Colombian photographer Santiago Mesa documents a remote people facing a rash of youth suicides
It was an early April morning, twenty-one years ago, when I first met John Allen. Returning with a cup of coffee to our hotel room in Puerto Vallarta, my. The post John Allen, Our Friend at the Vatican appeared first on First Things
Israel’s war in Gaza has caused high numbers of maternal and neonatal deaths, say two reports