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Artificial Intelligence Evolution

Yascha Mounk will interview Francis Fukuyama about his life and thought at The Abbey Centre in London on September 6 at 5pm. This event is exclusive to readers of American Purpose and Persuasion, and tickets can be obtained through a link…

Nothing to See Here

In 1800, minister and writer Mason Locke Weems, also known as Parson Weems, published "The Life of Washington", a biography of George Washington. This book was not meant to be a strictly factual account of Washington's life, but rather a…

Indus Waters Treaty Dispute

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in Hague, Netherlands has ordered India to uphold the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan and suspend work on a hydroelectric project in occupied Kashmir. The PCA's decision comes after India…

Hero Award for Good Samaritan

Russell Harrison, a 45-year-old veteran of the US Army's elite Special Forces, was awarded a bravery award for saving his neighbor from an attacker 11 years ago in Cassia Grove, Frankston, Melbourne. On that day, Harrison heard…

Reality TV Star Assault Charges

Nathan Gallagher, a star of the TV show Below Deck, was arrested on December 27, 2025 for allegedly assaulting a 29-year-old woman at an apartment complex in Sydney. The charges against him include assault occasioning actual bodily harm…

Lawsuit Against Lufthansa

John Doe and Robert Roe, a gay couple who have been in a 33-year relationship, sued Lufthansa after the airline allegedly outed them as gay while they were traveling from Riyadh to San Francisco in 2021. The couple had kept their…

Soviet Influence on US Campus

College activists are unwittingly promoting a Soviet-era propaganda campaign by using terms like "settler colonialism" and "apartheid" to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These phrases were originally coined in Moscow during the…

Grocery Store Economics

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is working to implement a campaign promise to create public grocery stores, which has been met with criticism from economists. However, economist Joseph E. Stiglitz argues that the criticism is misplaced and…

Trump Consumer Protection Plan

Russell Vought, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, led an effort to reshape the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) into a more industry-friendly regulator after failing to dismantle it entirely. As acting head of the CFPB…

NSW Premier Visits India

NSW Premier Chris Minns met with young people who grew up in poverty in Delhi, including a 22-year-old woman named Madhu, during his first official visit to India. Minns described the experience as "humbling" and said that the Indian…

Rockefeller Gives Park Land

In 1952, Laurance Rockefeller, a wealthy conservationist, sailed past the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands and was struck by its untouched landscape. At the time, St. John had no proper roads, cars, electricity or dock…

Open Thread

Longview Philanthropy, a nonprofit organization that advises major donors and makes grants in AI safety and nuclear weapons policy, is hiring two key positions: a Director of Operations/COO with experience scaling an organization from 35…