Pharrell Williams accepted the Dr. Dre Global Impact Awards at the 2026 Grammys on Sunday, but his speech has got the internet annoyed and offput. Let's get into why!

Readers respond to a guest essay by a student at Harvard. Also: Our phone choices; falling behind China on energy.

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The speech contest is open to students in grade 9-12 in Kootenai County. The three finalists will give their speech during the dinner where the audience will vote and determine the first, second, and third place winners.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at Davos last week sent shock waves through the international community. The international-affairs scholar Henry Farrell explains why.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, guarantees each person the freedom to speak out, untethered by government, in addition to freedom of the press. Yet our society has morphed into a segregated form of free speech that erodes the very essence of such freedom.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget 2026–27 speech lasted 85 minutes, matching her 2024 address. Here’s how this year’s duration compares with her past Budgets.

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