2+ day, 11+ min ago  (71+ words) Happy Saturday, Ink Readers! Why did the Court even bother to hear Trump out on birthright citizenship? Can anyone afford the writing life? Why does returning to the moon give us such big feelings? These days, can you still post…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (695+ words) This week the Supreme Court grappled with the Trump administration's attempt to end birthright citizenship. On that occasion, I wanted to repost this very personal reflection on the larger idea behind a constitutional clause. I am by birth and by…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (201+ words) It's tax time again " and while we understand many of you might consider the topic dreary at best (and scary at worst), this discussion with tax policy expert Vanessa Williamson about why taxes are not just democratic but downright revolutionary…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (170+ words) In the midst of the longest government shutdown in American history, lots of Americans are wondering why Congress doesn't work anymore. That question isn't new. For decades " long before the power grab by the executive branch under Donald Trump relegated…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (144+ words) Happy Saturday, Ink Readers! Joyce Carol Oates on Marlon Brando " and what's wrong with hero worship What is Donald Trump trying to accomplish in Cuba? Rebecca Solnit on the peril and promise of this moment Does the quest to buy…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1820+ words) This is the fourth chapter of The Ink's series The Epstein Class " our investigation into the inner workings of Jeffrey Epstein's world and the operating system of power today. For more: The first chapter: Epstein's network of bystanders, on courage…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (179+ words) Happy Saturday, Ink Readers! Can saying goodbye let us understand one another? How did big tech deny us the future we deserved? Was it ever worth being cool? How did song competitions become a new Cold War? What do religious…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (126+ words) Later today, Friday, March 20, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern, the Ink Book Club will sit down with American University professor Laura Beers, the author of Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century and a leading expert on the subject of what…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (125+ words) A peek inside the palace'The.Ink | Anand Giridharadas A peek inside the palace This morning, I spoke about The Ink's Epstein Class series on "Morning Joe." I was asked if the war with Iran is distracting people from these revelations,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (152+ words) If you're concerned about executive power (and who isn't), you'll want to check out the whole conversation. Just click on the video player above to listen now. You can listen at The Lever or on the podcast platform of your…...