Everyone Should Be Reading Palestinian Poetry
Poetry at its best can stun readers into silence, but also give the silenced a voice.
The Golden Age of Gadgets for Girlies
They never died. They just became beauty products.
Anti-abortion Conservatives’ First Target If Trump Returns
These efforts are indications of the pressure he and other GOP candidates would face to do so if elected.
Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai Is a Bloody Masterpiece
The animated series, a historical drama with a modern sensibility, stuns from the first frame.
Read This Before You Buy That Sweater
Or at least read the tag
Twitter’s Demise Is About So Much More Than Elon Musk
TikTok is eating microblogging as we’ve always known it.
If Not Vegan, or Vegetarian, How About Chickentarian?
Chicken can be part of a climate-friendly diet; we’re just eating way too much of it.
Enjoy Your Awful Basketball Team, Virginia
I didn’t think rooting for the Washington Wizards could get any worse. Then they announced a move to the suburbs.
A Seasonal Guide to Better Well-Being
Amid the seasonal whirl of hedonistic excess, try taking a quiet moment out.
Zack Snyder, the Director People Love to Hate
How did one of Hollywood’s most successful and influential filmmakers also become one of its most divisive?
The English-Muffin Problem
A simple explanation for economic discontent
The Colorado Ruling Changed My Mind
The strongest argument for throwing Trump off the ballot is the weakness of the counterarguments.
The Most Unsettling ‘Christmas Carol’
Why my father and I loved George C. Scott
Winners of the 2023 International Landscape Photographer of the Year
Some of the top and winning images from this year’s landscape-photography competition
The Colorado Ruling Calls the Originalists’ Bluff
The disqualification of Donald Trump challenges the Supreme Court’s conservatives to follow through on their stated beliefs.
Xi Jinping Is Fighting a Culture War at Home
The Chinese leader seeks to restore an earlier era of ideological indoctrination and national unity—whether his society wants it or not.
Trump Insists He Hasn’t Read Mein Kampf
The former president told a crowd he’s not quoting Hitler when he says that immigrants are “destroying the blood of our country.”
The Hypocrisy Underlying the Campus-Speech Controversy
Conservative lawmakers can’t seem to decide how they feel about government influencing private institutions’ speech policies.
Why the U.S. Is Pumping More Oil Than Any Other Country in History
The politics of solving climate change may, paradoxically, require producing more fossil fuels for a while.
A Feel-Bad Movie in the Best Way Possible
The Iron Claw, a new biopic about the tragic Von Erich brothers, is rich with feeling and never despairing.