All this week we've been introducing the writers who have been part of this year's Voices development group. Today meet the ...

Americans generally understand that losing local newspapers is bad for democracy and their communities. Brier Dudley President Donald Trump, some of his aides and supporters have proposed a number of ...

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Housewarming gifts are tricky. They are tricky by scale: larger than a host gift, smaller than a wedding gift. And they are tricky by kind: housewarming gifts should be practical and also personal ...

Some of us have been pondering what to be for Halloween — or what our kids might want to be for Halloween — for weeks on end. (One Strategist parent is figuring out the makings of a Pixar lamp costume ...

Despite the rapid adoption of LLM chatbots, little is known about how they are used. We document the growth of ChatGPT’s consumer product from its launch in November 2022 through July 2025, when it ...