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The Internet Could Be So Good. Really.
Today’s social platforms are designed for spectacle and entertainment—but it’s not too late to build a platform that improves society.
These Birds Got a Little Too Comfortable in Birdhouses
Purple martins may have been saved by human-built nest boxes. What happens when our hospitality runs out?
India Isn’t Signing Up for China’s New World Order
The United States isn’t the only competitor getting in the way of China’s global ambitions.
China Changed Its Mind About World War II
What the Pacific version of the Nuremberg trials left undone
A Worthy Heir to David Foster Wallace and Thomas Pynchon
In Wellness, Nathan Hill recounts a love story, but also much, much more.
‘We Must Never Forget the Evil That Occurred to Individuals With Developmental Disabilities’
Readers respond to our September 2023 cover story.
Lest Darkness Fall
There’s still time to avert a new dark age.
America Is About to See Way More Driverless Cars
Robotaxis are now picking up riders in L.A. and Houston—and facing a whole new set of challenges.
Judge Chutkan’s Impossible Choice
Which itself is only going to lead to more impossible choices.
An Awkward Evolutionary Theory for One of Pregnancy’s Biggest Complications
Some of our species’ most peculiar sexual traits could be guards against preeclampsia.
Poland Shows That Autocracy Is Not Inevitable
The ruling party tried to use the Polish state to hold on to power, but voters rejected the effort.
Taylor Swift Did What Hollywood Studios Could Not
Her record-breaking concert film brought viewers to the theater in droves during a tricky season for cinema.
What Hamas Wants
The straightforward explanation that the experts missed
A ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse Over the Americas
Images of this weekend’s amazing celestial phenomenon, and some of its many observers
Photos: Evacuation of Gaza City
Scenes from northern Gaza, where Israel has ordered more than 1 million residents to leave
Animals Are Avoiding Us
Humans have an image problem. But we might be able to use it for good.
Why Children Are Everywhere in Louise Glück’s Poetry
By placing mothers and their babies at the center of her poems, the Nobel laureate explored a world made of reality and myth.
Newt Gingrich’s Degraded Legacy
Gingrich had a vision of what America ought to be about. But his successors seem dour and unimaginative in their pugnacity.
Something Is Golden in the State of Denmark
Can Novo Nordisk’s success really be a problem for the Danish economy?
She Who Remembers
A short story