2024 in Photos: Wrapping Up the Year
It’s time to revisit some of the most memorable events and images of 2024, including Hurricanes Helene and Milton striking southeastern United States, a famous pygmy hippo named Moo Deng, and much more.
Is This How Democrats Win Back the Working Class?
Embracing populism could help the party build a lasting political coalition—if the Republicans don’t do it first.
The 13 Best TV Shows of 2024
The year’s most essential series
The Government’s Disturbing Rationale for Banning TikTok
Vague national-security concerns don’t justify shutting down the popular Chinese-owned app.
A Scandalous Resignation
FBI Director Christopher Wray, like so many Republicans who couldn’t stomach Trump’s demands, decided to go gentle into that good night.
The Crisis Neither Party Is Equipped to Handle
America’s education system is in trouble, but neither Republicans nor Democrats are up for the challenge of enforcing change.
This Is How Political Violence Goes Mainstream
The UnitedHealthcare shooting marks a new moment of normie extremism.
Decivilization May Already Be Under Way
The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed.
Luigi Mangione’s Commonplace, Deplorable Politics
From his actions, and the glee that they have elicited, one learns not that the health-care system is broken but that many people are.
Read These Six Books—Just Trust Us
Each title richly rewards readers who come in with little prior knowledge.
Self-Portrait: Winter Landscape, 1997
A poem for Wednesday
‘Dumbed-Down Catholicism Was a Disaster’
America’s most watched bishop, Robert Barron, is scouting out a new future for Christianity.
Nikki Giovanni’s Wondrous Celebrations of Black Life
The poet’s work crackled with revolutionary fire but also contained jubilation and gentleness.
Gazing Deeply Through Time
Day 11 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Crypto’s Legacy Is Finally Clear
An anti-establishment technology for an anti-establishment age
2024 in Photos: A Look at the Middle Months
It’s time to revisit some of the most memorable events and images of 2024, including the opening of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, widespread flooding in Brazil, and much more.
He Aha Ka ʻAiʻē A ʻAmelika Iā Hawaiʻi?
I ka makahiki 1893, ua hoʻokahuli ʻia ke aupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi e ko ʻAmelika. Makemake ko Hawaiʻi e kūʻokoʻa hou ai ke aupuni.
The Hawaiians Who Want Their Nation Back
In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Islands’ sovereign government. What does America owe Hawai‘i now?
The Trump Family’s Many Entanglements
Donald Trump’s first term was rife with conflicts of interest. This time, it seems, there will be fewer constraints.
The Conversation Democrats Need to Have
The party should stop talking to itself and start hearing what voters have to say.