The End of Rupert’s Reign
And why it doesn’t surprise me
The American Face of Authoritarian Propaganda
For Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin, Tucker Carlson fulfills a need.
I Don’t Like Dogs
I joined a Subreddit that shares my extremely unpopular opinion. I’m not sure it was a good idea.
Feeling Burned Out? Here’s What to Do.
The way to break the cycle is by creating meaningful boundaries between work and life.
Airlines Are Just Banks Now
They make more money from mileage programs than from flying planes—and it shows.
The Patriot
How General Mark Milley protected the Constitution from Donald Trump
The Government Finally Puts a Number on the Discrimination Against Black Colleges
Some of the institutions were underfunded by billions of dollars compared with their white peers.
Radical Vegans Are Trying to Change Your Diet
The impossible fight to persuade people to stop eating meat
Trump Is the Reason Women Can’t Get Abortions
The former president wants you to believe he is a moderate on abortion. He isn’t.
Trump’s Menacing Rosh Hashanah Message to American Jews
The former president’s anti-Jewish remarks follow an old pattern.
America’s New Battlefront
Republicans in North Carolina and Wisconsin are injecting ugly politics into their state’s courts.
Gay Talese: I Wanted to Write About Nobodies
Growing up in a small town on the Jersey Shore in the late 1940s, I dreamed of someday working for a great newspaper. But I did not necessarily want to write news.
The ‘Whiteboy Brooklyn Novelist’ Grows Up
Jonathan Lethem’s Brooklyn Crime Novel presents a story of gentrification without sentimentality.
An Intellectual and a Moral Failure
Richard Hanania’s new book is a Trojan horse for white supremacy.
What to Do When Your Political Party Loses Its Mind
I was a Conservative until Boris Johnson expelled me. It was a painful experience, but here’s what I’ve learned.
The Agony of the School Car Line
It’s crazy-making and deeply inefficient.
What I Most Regret About My Decades of Legal Activism
By focusing on civil liberties but ignoring economic issues, liberals like me got defeated on both.
A Driver of Inequality That Not Enough People Are Talking About
Two-parent households should be a policy goal.
Ebrahim Raisi Has Blood on His Hands
Iran’s president should be a pariah, not our guest.
An Untold Story of the Nazi-Soviet Pact
My mother survived Hitler’s crimes; my father survived Stalin’s. Yet only one of those leader’s nations ever faced justice.