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The article reports on the state of local newspapers across the U.S., particularly their high rate of closure and their rapidly declining power and influence. Also cited are the questionable search by members of the Kansas police on the offices of the "Marion County Record" in August 2024 and the positive developments that could bolster journalism and democracy in the country.

The article reviews the exhibit "Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

The author discusses relationship and reported attacks made by U.S. President Donald Trump against news media outlets. Topics explored include the treatment received by news organizations particularly journalists from Trump, the violence against journalists at political rallies, and the significant increase in leak investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) during the administration of Trump.

An image is presented of a paper illustration by Yulia Brodskaya accompanied by a quotation from commentator Walter Lippmann on the need to be bold in seeking the truth.

The article reports on the chaos of Donald Trump's White House five years ago, including the tragedy of children being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, the farce of Trump Scotch-taping presidential papers, and the fascist undertones of a denaturalization task force.

The article reports on the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and his warnings of the November 8, 2016 elections being rigged, and the other broken aspects of the U.S. voting systems. Topics include the 2000 upgrade from punch-card voting machines to touch-screens which ended up being vulnerable and unreliable, the 2003 incidence of such machines failing to record one vote out of every 100, and these machines failing to provide paper copies of the votes.

The article discusses the discovery that that "Buz Sawyer" comic strip from the 1950s, which features former U.S. Navy pilot John "Buz" Sawyer battling various American Cold War enemies such as the Soviet Union, was produced through a collaboration between cartoonist Roy Crane and the U.S. government. Crane's personal papers in the Syracuse University Archives are examined, along with pulp literature and propaganda in the U.S. America's foreign relations with Iran and Asia are assessed.

The article discusses the popularity of adult coloring books in the U.S. in 1962. Topics include the political and satirical aspects of 1960s adult coloring books, the therapeutic intent of adult coloring books as of 2016, and the relation of 1960s interest in adult coloring books to psychoanalysis. The history of widely available crayons is addressed.