Archive - The Preamble

You Cannot Be Responsible for Everyone

You can care deeply without carrying everyone else's life

1 hr ago • Amanda E. White, LPC

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Jul 11 • The Preamble

Life on the World's Most Remote Inhabited Island

Rough weather and no airport, but lots of community (and lobsters)

Jul 10 • Damakant Jayshi

Nolan Wells is More Than Another Name

His death is raising familiar fears for Black families

Jul 10 • Danté Stewart

The Daily Brief — July 9, 2026

Trump has to pay, Platner withdraws, another ICE killing

Jul 9 • The Preamble

How Medical Secrecy Props Up Political Power

There’s no rule preventing elected officials from hiding their incapacity

Jul 9 • Casey Burgat

The Daily Brief — July 8, 2026

Trump wants Greenland again, DOJ warns states, more Platner accusations

Jul 8 • The Preamble

How Counterterrorism Turned on Americans

The machinery built after 9/11 has found a new mission

Jul 8 • Elise Labott

The Daily Brief — July 7, 2026

Platner campaign unravels, Blanche nomination, January 6 pipe bomb suspect

Jul 7 • The Preamble

My interview with NYT journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

Jul 7 • Sharon McMahon

49:20

The Daily Brief — July 6, 2026

No ICE detention past 90 days, Trump Jr. could profit from new gun sale rule, Kirk murder hearing begins

Jul 6 • The Preamble

Where Presidents Go to Unwind

The White House may be home, but it has rarely been a refuge

Jul 6 • Andrew Kordik

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