Feature interview: The American stories we miss

From Afternoons, 3:10 pm on 11 September 2024

Zaid Jilani is something that feels very unusual in the United States right now. He's a journalist who doesn't want to tell stories that fit into narratives on the left or the right. Fiercely independent and frustrated with a media environment that rewards extremes on either side of the political divide, he started his own website and Substack to tell stories and challenge thinking for everyone. It's called The American Saga. One of his recent pieces is about some research out of Oxford University, mostly ignored by mainstream media, that found race and gender does not put American voters off candidates. Zaid Jilani What other stories might we be missing?