The NFL’s Dubious Rhetoric About Race
The league’s public-relations spin about diversity doesn’t hold up in private.
The Biden Impeachment Is Benghazi All Over Again
Both inquiries are based far more on vibes and political machinations than they are on hard evidence.
Nobody Should Care About a Woman’s ‘Body Count’
Popular internet personalities are peddling repressive, misogynistic ideas to their young male fans.
The Mysterious Return of a Soviet Statue in Russia
A monument to Feliks Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Bolsheviks’ feared secret police, has been quietly rehabilitated. Why?
The Young Conservatives Trying to Make Eugenics Respectable Again
The pseudoscience of race provides both a justification of hierarchies and an enemy to rail against.
The Very Common, Very Harmful Thing Well-Meaning Parents Do
Surveilling your kids will only backfire.
Kids Deserve Privacy Online. They’re Not Getting It.
Today’s children face a world of constant surveillance. Their very sense of self is at stake.
The Truth About Hunter Biden’s Indictment
Long happy to trade on his famous name, the president’s son now reckons with the other side of his prominence.
What Ukraine Knows About the Future of War
Western military advisers are criticizing Kyiv’s war effort, but the Ukrainians have gained expertise of their own.
The Senate’s Deep and Dirty Secret
The Senate “hold” procedure is making the institution’s basic work impossible, and every member seems fine with that.
Biden’s Labor-Climate Dilemma
Balancing the interests of unions and environmentalists might not be possible forever.
Alabama Republicans Think the Supreme Court Is Full of Partisan Hacks
It’s hard to understand a series of recent moves in any other way.
Stress Drinking Has a Gender Divide
The uncomfortable truth is that many women today are drinking too much.
The Charter-School Movement’s New Divide
A Catholic charter in Oklahoma would represent a profound shift for American education—and for the charter-school movement itself.
The Conservative Censorship Campaign Reaches Its Natural Conclusion
Some states are adopting a cartoon version of the past into their curricula.
‘Come Out and See the Stars’
How Americans like Harriet Tubman found hope in nature
Three Myths and Four Truths About How to Get Happier
The most important thing to realize is that happiness is not a destination but a direction: How you travel through life is what counts.
What Russia Got by Scaring Elon Musk
The billionaire isn’t the only one who’s been frightened into holding back help for Ukraine.
Beware the False Prophets of War
Why have the experts been so persistently wrong?
‘He’ll Ruin Your Life the Way His Daddy Ruined Ours’
What my broken father showed me about the goodness of God