Why Kamala Harris’s Politics Are So Hard to Pin Down
One person’s savvy pragmatist is another’s craven political operator.
How the Gay-Rights Movement Lost Its Way
What should activist groups such as GLAAD do after they fulfill their goals?
We’re Entering an AI Price-Fixing Dystopia
Algorithmic collusion appears to be spreading to more and more industries. And existing laws may not be equipped to stop it.
The Truth About Trump’s Press Conference
His obvious emotional instability is frightening, not funny.
The Olympics Could Have Avoided the Ugly Boxing Debate
Questions about unfair advantage won’t just go away.
How to Make #MeToo Offenders Pay
Those who accuse powerful people of sexual harassment and abuse need to be better protected from retaliatory lawsuits.
The Crybaby Olympics
Sports have always had sore losers. But based on this year’s Games, athletes seem to be getting worse at losing well.
The Post-liberal Catholics Find Their Man
As vice president, J. D. Vance would elevate their disdain for American liberalism to the highest levels of government.
The Best Therapy for Our Anxiety Epidemic
Solutions to the mental-health crisis striking young people in particular are within reach.
How to Fix the Secret Service Before It Fails Again
The agency suffers from a classic Washington problem—it’s been tasked with doing too much.
What Democrats Can Learn From the Trauma of 1968
They need to overcome the alienation of the radicals and the clannishness of the elites.
What I Learned at the Police Academy
Officers are trained to see the world as a violent place—and then to act accordingly.
Israel on the Brink
If the Israelis find themselves facing difficult choices, so do their enemies.
It’s Walz
For Harris, the choice is a somewhat daring move against conventional wisdom.
The Well-Off People Who Can’t Spend Money
Tightwads drag around a phantom limb of poverty, no matter what their bank account says.
A Field Guide to the Flags of the Far Right
From Betsy Ross to Trump-Rambo
What I Learned Helping Free an Innocent Man
My reporting forced me to confront some bigger lessons about life, truth, and faith.
Setenta millas en el infierno
El Tapón del Darién fue alguna vez considerado intransitable. Ahora cientos de miles de migrantes se arriesgan a atravesar un terreno peligroso, a sufrir violencia, hambre y enfermedad para llegar por medio de la selva hasta Estados Unidos.
Seventy Miles in Hell
The Darién Gap was once considered impassable. Now hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking treacherous terrain, violence, hunger, and disease to travel through the jungle to the United States.
Why the Markets Are Melting Down
And why it’s okay not to care
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