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The US Government Should Not Be Apple's App Store Lawyer

The Trump administration is threatening EU sanctions to protect Apple from app store rules that mostly just help developers and consumers. Apple has $391 billion in annual revenue and a team of lawyers. It does not need a trade war fought on its behalf.

By Milo Hart · 3 min read

Culture

The Gender Rights Rollback Is Real but Nobody Coordinated It

The 2026 gender rights rollback spans Hollywood, Washington, and New Delhi, but nobody sent the memo. Understanding why it's happening without a coordinator is the only way to actually stop it.

By Lena Paige · 3 min read

Culture

The White House Columbus Statue Is a Performance, Not a Memorial

The Columbus statue installed at the White House on March 26 was cast from a replica of the very monument protesters threw into Baltimore's Inner Harbor in 2020. Someone chose that source on purpose. The question is not whether Columbus deserves a statue; it is whether this one was ever meant to be anything other than a provocation.

By Jules Fontaine · 3 min read

Science

Political Appointees Are Now Peer Reviewers at the NIH

Congress saved the NIH budget on paper. The administration is dismantling it through administrative mechanisms most people have never heard of. The real threat is not the funding number; it is who now decides which science gets funded.

By Dr. Nadia Osei · 3 min read