A Prominent Free-Speech Group Is Fighting for Its Life
PEN America has now canceled its annual World Voices festival, after calling off its literary-awards ceremony last week. Can it survive?
Sphere Is the Mind-Killer
What it’s like to groove on Earth’s only LED moon
Bringing a Social Movement to Life
The author Adam Hochschild recommends books that vividly illustrate moments of great change.
AI’s Unending Thirst
The technology is placing growing demands on our environment.
The Trumpification of the Supreme Court
The conservative justices have shown they are ready to sacrifice any law or principle to save the former president.
We’re All Reading Wrong
To access the full benefits of literature, you have to share it out loud.
Columbia University’s Impossible Position
What happens when protest culture and antidiscrimination law keep coming into conflict?
A New Sweetener Has Joined the Ranks of Aspartame and Stevia
Unfortunately, it’s still nothing like real sugar.
Bad Bunny Has It All—And That’s the Problem
The Puerto Rican superstar is known for his anthems of community. His latest tour is about his own isolation.
What the Author of Frankenstein Knew About Human Nature
An 1826 novel encourages people to practice humility in the face of nature’s awesome forces.
Is India an Autocracy?
The erosion of democratic norms didn’t begin with Narendra Modi.
Photos of the Week: Wheelbarrow Race, Count Binface, Orange Skies
A volcanic eruption in Indonesia, a tilting tower in Taiwan, the Tokyo Rainbow Pride Parade in Japan, protests opposing Israel’s attacks on Gaza in the United States, and much more
No One Has a Right to Protest in My Home
The difference between a private yard and a public forum
The Happiness Trinity
Why it’s so hard to answer the question What makes us happiest?
Trump Is Getting What He Wants
The Supreme Court seems to be endorsing his views on presidential power.
How America Lost Sleep
Many Americans are reporting that they’d feel better if they slept more, but finding the right remedy isn’t always simple.
The Passover Plot
The dark legacy and ongoing body count of an ancient anti-Semitic myth
The Supreme Court Goes Through the Looking Glass on Presidential Immunity
At this morning’s oral argument, the justices debated the ins and outs of Trump’s dangerous proposition.
Why Your Vet Bill Is So High
Corporations and private-equity funds have been rolling up smaller chains and previously independent practices.
The Campus-Left Occupation That Broke Higher Education
Elite colleges are now reaping the consequences of promoting a pedagogy that trashed the postwar ideal of the liberal university.
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