In our August issue: Andrew Cockburn on the future of the Democratic Party; Michael W. Clune on AI facial recognition; Mary Childs on the U.S. Treasury market; a memoir from Souvankham Thammavongsa; Katie Kitamura on Yuko Tsushima; and fiction by Amie Barrodale. harpers.org/archive/2025...

The Defense Department operates slot machines on US military bases overseas, raising millions of dollars to fund recreation for troops—and creating risks for soldiers prone to gambling addiction.

@kumaraishwarya.bsky.social Just read you espn story about Lauren Betts... Thank you for writing such a wonderful story. I will be rooting for UCLA in this tournament !!! www.espn.com/womens-colle...

@lebatardshow.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/MiiDx... You all should bring this up next time you have him on the show

Very excited to release a major revision to our paper on algorithmic collusion by large language models. #EconSky

Prague is a whole mood. I couldn't get over this radium-blue Beaux Arts pole clock in Old Town. It felt like I could have taken this same picture 120 years ago