What Conversations About DEI Are Missing
Plus: Is declining fertility a failure of capitalism?
Biden Had the Power to Strike the Houthis
Every president has wide authority to use military force.
Substack Was a Ticking Time Bomb
The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis.
ChatGPT’s FarmVille Moment
The immediate future of generative AI looks a bit like Facebook’s past.
The Return of TV’s Most Soulful Show
True Detective: Night Country pays tribute to its origins while charting new territory.
What to Read to Understand Russia
Anastasia Edel, a Russian-born American social historian, recommends books about the country as the war in Ukraine continues.
The Houthis Have Backed Iran Into a Corner
A militia Tehran helped build may be dragging the country to war.
How Octavia Butler Told the Future
We need her conception of “histofuturism” now more than ever.
Is Economic Pessimism the Media’s Fault?
Americans say the economy is worse than it is. According to a new study, so does newspaper coverage.
China Won’t Leave Taiwan’s Election to the Taiwanese
Taiwan is beating back efforts to subvert Saturday’s vote.
A Musical Reboot That Can’t Cross the Generational Gap
The reboot of the classic teen comedy Mean Girls sands off its source material’s edges, to mixed results.
Exile Changes You Forever
Hisham Matar’s new novel looks at the price of being forced out of one’s home and the impossibility of ever really going back again.
January 6 Is Exactly What the Fourteenth Amendment Was Talking About
And ignoring its clear dictate is a dangerous choice to make.
American Universities Are Post-truth
Neither conservatives nor liberals trust academic institutions, because they are dishonest.
Photos of the Week: Island Rescue, Bighorn Lift, Silly Walk
A “No Trousers Tube Ride” in London, a high-mountain waterfall in Switzerland, the 2024 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, wearable-tech displays in Las Vegas, and much more
The Feeling of Losing Snow
A conversation with Zoë Schlanger on the sense of loss that comes when climate change transforms winter.
America Is Having a Senior Moment on Vaccines
Many of the people most at risk of dying aren’t getting COVID shots.
‘Control Your Client’
Donald Trump’s disrespect for the law was on prominent display in a Manhattan courtroom earlier today.
The Flaw That Could Ruin Generative AI
A technical problem known as “memorization” is at the heart of recent lawsuits that pose a significant threat to generative-AI companies.
Why Britain Can’t Quit the Monarchy
The Crown is dead, long live the Crown.
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