Opinion: Medicine Thinks Gen Z is Too Soft. It’s Wrong
by Frantz M. Berthaud
What does Gen Z see in the work of medicine that older generations have learned to live with?
0:00 / 8:40 · Narrator Rasalgethi
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2026-07-07
Today's Crosscut
American Power and Myth
While restorers use tiny brushes on a diorama of the Founders, the American economy is minting its first trillionaire, a shift in scale that makes those original ideals look like a miniature model.
To Recreate One of the American Revolution's Most Famous Paintings, This Artist Painstakingly Crafted Miniature Wax Figures of the Nation's Founders × The Age of the Trillionaire
0:00 / 18:54 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
Behind the news →
What Biden Changed About American Foreign Policy
by Thomas Wright
If the old rules of global cooperation are gone, what should take their place?
0:00 / 12:11 · Narrator Algieba
Walking Through the Ruins of French Cameroon
by Zahra Moloo
Can a fictional city hold the memory of a colonial war that was written out of history?
0:00 / 10:28 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
For the curious →
What Shape is the Earth?
by Miguel Ohnesorge
Why would generations of scientists spend decades trying to measure the Earth’s bumpy shape?
0:00 / 23:15 · Narrator Charon
The “Emotional Economy” of Parenting: a Conversation with Nina Bandelj
by Megan Cummins
When did the language of investment and returns become the primary way parents show their love?
0:00 / 22:10 · Narrator Gacrux
Smart escape →
How to Actually Get to Know Your Neighbors
by Julia Sullivan
How can the small, awkward effort of meeting a neighbor change the way a person feels at home?
0:00 / 12:27 · Narrator Sulafat