Joe Biden and Donald Trump Have Thoughts About Your Next Car
Get ready for the EV election.
The IRS Finally Has an Answer to TurboTax
Against all odds, the government has created an actually good piece of technology.
Valencia’s Fallas Festival: Welcoming Spring with Fire
Scenes from the festival, which features parades, fireworks, fiestas, and the burning of hundreds of wooden sculptures
Flying Is Weird Right Now
Is flying less safe? Or are we just paying closer attention?
What Trump Supporters Think When He Mocks People With Disabilities
Trump fans don’t like how he demeans people. They’ll vote for him anyway.
Nature That Cannot Be Driven To
A poem for Wednesday
I’m Begging the Courts to Stop Citing My Work
A court finally took notice of my reporting—but for all the wrong reasons.
Six Books That Will Jolt Your Senses Awake
Reading can help us cultivate a more patient, attentive state of mind by highlighting the beauty present in our day-to-day lives.
Critics of the TikTok Bill Are Missing the Point
America has a long history of shielding infrastructure and communication platforms from foreign control.
Germany’s Zombie Government Is Fueling the Far Right
Extremists stand to benefit from the problems the ruling coalition won’t solve.
The Problem With ‘Affordable’ Child Care
The service is essential to families and communities. It should be free.
There Was No Russian Election
Vladimir Putin staged an elaborate charade—so why did some Western media outlets play along?
The British Right’s Favorite Sex Offender
What does a conservative magazine do when a columnist is convicted of attempted rape?
How America Got Scammed
Modern fraudsters are taking advantage of social isolation and insecurities—and Americans of all ages are falling prey.
Truman Capote’s Ultimate Weapon
FX’s Feud showed how attention can be wielded to comfort—and to wound.
Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem
The case for teaching coders to speak French
War-Gaming for Democracy
I went to an exercise imagining the first day of a second Trump presidency—and left with some unsettling questions.
A Glowing Petunia Could Radicalize Your View of Plants
A bioluminescent petunia could help people recognize plants for the complex creatures they are.
The Dead-Enders of the Reagan-Era GOP
Mike Pence’s non-endorsement of Donald Trump only underlines how irrevocably the Republican Party has left traditional conservatism behind and embraced radical populism.
The Ego Has Crash-Landed
If Donald Trump loses November’s election, it will be for one reason: He can’t help making it all about himself.