United States
From Guantanamo to Minneapolis
After 9/11, the detention center in Cuba became synonymous with the excesses of the “war on terror” and unchecked executive power. More than 20 years later, the U.S. is weaponizing the same legal and political apparatus as part of its campaign against migrants.
Church Bells and Whistles
In Minneapolis, whistles warn of ICE agents’ approach. How far do they echo the church bells that guided resistance in occupied France? History does not repeat, but in the details from the ground in Minnesota and the work of historians of wartime Europe, parallels emerge that may be instructive.
In Post-Roe America, Abortion Care Is Being Reborn From the Ground Up
A British doctor working on abortion access in the U.S. expected to find a dystopia in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Instead, amid the fear and legal chaos, she saw a new model of decentralized abortion care taking shape.
The Moderates Taking On the Masculinity Crisis
From Netflix’s “Adolescence” to Scott Galloway’s “Notes on Being a Man” and myriad studies and podcasts, it’s clear that something is up with boys and young men. But we’re not sure precisely whose fault it is — or why it’s even happening.
A Remarkable Retelling of an Improbable Revolt
Ken Burns’ documentary “The American Revolution” has helped move citizens of Mexican descent and other people of color from the margins to the center of the country’s founding story.
Listen Again: How America’s Margins Became the Mainstream
Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai to discuss how exploring America’s fringe movements is the key to understanding the modern United States.
Charlie Kirk’s Memory Is the Only Thing Uniting AmericaFest Attendees
Just three months after the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk, the organization he founded, Turning Point USA, held its annual AmericaFest confab last weekend. Tensions and divisions on the American right — over Israel, antisemitism, Groypers, white nationalism, “heritage Americans” and Nicki Minaj — were on full display at the event.