People’s Choice: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023
Winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photography competition
It’s Not Too Late to Give Gaza a Better Future
If the international community doesn’t want to see Hamas return to power in Gaza, it must act immediately.
Older Americans Are About to Lose a Lot of Weight
People over 65 make up a sizable portion of Americans on GLP-1 drugs. That might be trouble.
What I Wish More People Knew About American Evangelicalism
For all the bad that’s come out of this movement, there are still countless stories of personal transformation leading people to live better lives.
Happiness
A poem for Wednesday
How Seven Companies Took Over the Stock Market
The Magnificent Seven have been buoying the S&P 500 lately, but the stocks’ outsize impact on the market may not necessarily be a good thing.
An Airtight Ruling Against Trump
In a masterful opinion, the D.C. Circuit rejected the former president’s bid for immunity.
A Godzilla Movie That’s Actually Terrifying
Godzilla Minus One is a rare beast: a viscerally arresting monster flick with legitimate emotional stakes.
Neal Stephenson’s Most Stunning Prediction
The sci-fi legend coined the term metaverse. But he was most prescient about our AI age.
A Rare Moment Americans Could All Share
A duet at the Grammys was a balm for our sorely divided nation.
Historic Levels of Rainfall in California Storms
Images from Southern California, where the second storm in a long-duration atmospheric river brought record levels of rainfall
Donald Trump Loses His ‘Absolute Immunity’ Claim
And rightly so.
Shrugging Off the Apocalypse
Storms in California are now a little more like the big ones “back East.”
Why Pope Francis’s Recent Decree Shook the Catholic Church
In a polarized Church, welcoming one group means alienating another.
The GOP’s True Priority
The Republicans who won’t take yes for an answer
You’ll Miss Sports Journalism When It’s Gone
The ranks of sports reporters are thinning—making it easier for athletes, owners, and leagues to conceal hard truths from the public.
‘The Magic of Raina Is Real’
How the cartoonist Raina Telgemeier, the author of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, turned the anxious kid into a hero for the 21st century
The Weirdest Presidential Election in History
An unserious nation faces dire choices.
Hurricanes Are Too Fast for Category 5
Climate change could double the risk of hurricanes with wind speeds greater than 192 miles an hour in the Gulf of Mexico.
GoFundMe Is a Health-Care Utility Now
Resorting to crowdfunding to pay medical bills has become so routine, in some cases health professionals recommend it.
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