The Wild Hunt

News from the U.S. Supreme Court is full of horrors, but expected ones.

Fast and Good Company TWH — Witchcraft made the business pages this week in an unexpected place: Fast Company, the American business magazine best known for covering innovation, technology, leadership, entrepreneurship, and the future of work. The publication turned its attention to the growing metaphysical marketplace, examining the expansion of occult and witchcraft-focused retail across North America.

HARRISBURG, Penn. — Nearly two years after a Pennsylvania police chief warned a Pagan shop owner that offering paid tarot readings could result in criminal prosecution, the legal and legislative battle over the Commonwealth’s nineteenth-century fortune-telling statute continues on two fronts.

WASHINGTON — On July 4, the White House released a 135-page report sharply criticizing the National Museum of American History (NMAH), alleging that one of the nation’s premier historical museums has abandoned its educational mission in favor of political activism.

Law WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could reshape how federal courts evaluate disputes over religious gatherings held in private homes, a decision that may have implications far beyond the Orthodox Jewish congregation at the center of the dispute.

BENTON PAIUTE RESERVATION, California – On July 8th, the U.S. federal government plans to remove some 650 wild horses from the area around Mono Lake, situated in eastern California near the border with Nevada. But an Indigenous tribe has filed suit to prevent the removal of the horses, claiming the government has not fulfilled its legal obligations to consult the tribe under the National Historic Preservation Act.

Opinion We are humans, and nothing human is foreign to us. In the era of power designated by  artificial intelligence, our nation forgets at times that we not only started as an experiment, but like all experiments we evolve. The American experience as a nation called the United States of America is at a precipice: we need to embrace a path of remembrance of our history, our honor, and our heritage. There are many types of Americans.

Today’s offering is a letter submitted on behalf of several Heathen organizations. In 2025, leaders from The Asatru Community, The Fellowship of Fire and Ice, Heathens Against Hate, The Troth, and Urglaawe International began talking seriously about what an organized coalition of Asatru, Heathen, and Norse Pagan groups could do for people around the world. The question before us was not only how to coordinate our messaging.

TWH — On Saturday, the United States celebrates Independence Day, a particularly meaningful one this year as the nation marks its 250th anniversary. Better known simply as the Fourth of July (which, conveniently, is also the date everywhere else on Earth), the federal holiday commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, when the thirteen American colonies declared themselves free from British rule.

Culture Uncovering the Past Stefano Ciotti contributed to this story. ROME — One of the most celebrated surviving masterpieces of Etruscan painting has returned to public view in Italy after more than a century and a half in private hands. The National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia has inaugurated a new permanent display for the frescoes from the François Tomb, accompanied by the special exhibition The Return of the Heroes, on view through Dec. 31, 2026.