How Hollywood’s Businessmen Got It So Wrong
A conversation with Xochitl Gonzalez about who really broke the entertainment industry
Photos: Wildfires Rage Outside Athens, Greece
Thousands of people have been forced to flee settlements and seaside resorts as fire crews fight multiple blazes roaring across dry hillsides.
Obsessed With the Life That Could Have Been
In her latest novel, Deborah Levy continues a career-long search for the authentic self.
Donald Trump’s ‘Horrifying News’
The former president says he’s expecting to be indicted again by the Justice Department, this time for charges related to January 6.
The Root Cause of the Homelessness Crisis
Researchers at UC San Francisco have released the largest representative survey of homeless people in more than 25 years.
America Is Failing to Protect Workers From Extreme Heat
I led the Occupational Safety and Health Administration under Obama, and I understand why it hasn’t stepped up to address the threat of climate change.
How to Redeem Social Media
The next generation of platforms doesn’t have to make the same mistakes as the previous one.
In Praise of Phone Numbers
The internet offers many new ways to communicate, but nothing eclipses the 10-digit phone number.
Is Tennessee a Democracy?
What happened when a Republican supermajority gained control—and wasn’t satisfied
Why the Remote-Work Debate Stays So Heated
The conversation often foregrounds large-scale issues such as productivity and company culture, but the question of where an employee works is intensely personal.
The Businessmen Broke Hollywood
And now they don’t want to pay their employees.
A Voicebot Just Left Me Speechless
Generative AI has solved a problem that has plagued my voice assistants for years.
Alabama Wants to Kill Jimi Barber
After a year of botched executions, the state is eager to prove that it can kill someone without incident.
I Have Cancer. I Can’t Put My Kids First Anymore.
How will my two children survive this assault on my motherhood, on my capacity to care for them?
Joe Lieberman Weighs the Trump Risk
The No Labels co-chair says a third-party ticket won’t help Trump in 2024. Democrats are dubious.
The Secret to Mozart’s Lasting Appeal
A new book brings the composer down from the ether and reminds us about the context in which his music was made.
An Unlikely Model for Male Friendship
Beneath the hijinks and lewdness, the show Dave charts how real vulnerability is essential to male bonding.
The Most Shocking Aspect of RFK Jr.’s Anti-Semitism
What’s surprising isn’t that Kennedy voiced an anti-Jewish conspiracy, but that it took this long.
In Vilnius, NATO Got Two Wins and One Big Loss
At last, NATO has a plan. Unfortunately, it doesn’t include admitting Ukraine.
Cleanup
A poem for Sunday