Readers Share the State of Their Local Journalism
“It is painful to watch as our once-proud newspaper has become a shell nearly devoid of meaningful content,” one reader says.
The Nonsensical Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas
It’s delusions all the way down.
Risking Their Lives to Ski While They Can
Winter sports are gnarlier than ever.
A Mystery Movie That’s More of a Marketing Plan
Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle borrows from a lot of very recent spy-thriller history.
AI in Politics Is So Much Bigger Than Deepfakes
Presidential campaigns have long tailored their ads and emails to specific groups. Now any politician can.
Jamaal Bowman’s Very Bad Poetry
Before he entered politics, the representative posed some questions in verse about 9/11.
America’s Immigration Reckoning Has Arrived
A new book chronicles the forces that have led to the current impasse at the southern border.
A Rainbow Coalition of Haters
Some Republicans appear hopeful that the party’s right-wing gender politics will lure Black and Latino men away from the Democrats.
LEDs Change Everything
Why so many gardens and museums are lit up like Burning Man at night
The Gay Icon Who Wants Conservative Approval
Lil Nas X is a provocateur, a troll, an individualist … but he also really, really wants to be liked.
What I Found in San Francisco
The city wants to shake its reputation as a “zombie-apocalypse wasteland.” How it achieves that goal is another story.
The War on ‘Woke Capital’ Is Backfiring
Republicans want to outlaw state investment in funds they see as tainted by progressive ideology. They’ll probably just get lower returns.
A Trove of ‘Lost Basquiats’ Led to a Splashy Exhibition. Then the FBI Showed Up.
Why is it so hard to root out fakes and forgeries?
Chicken Littles Are Ruining America
Doomsaying can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
TV Is Back in Its Commercials Era
Amazon Prime is the latest streaming platform to offer consumers a hard choice: Pony up, or sit through ad breaks.
Should Teens Have Access to Disappearing Messages?
A recent lawsuit argues that Snapchat causes harm to young people through its basic design.
Iran’s Proxies Are Out of Control
By tying Iran’s fate to an unruly Axis, Khamenei has endangered his country and put it at serious risk of war.
The Real Problem With American Universities
It isn’t DEI.
The Sundance Movie That Sent People Running for the Exit
Sasquatch Sunset is the latest in a long line of art-house films that turn viewing into an endurance test.
New Galactic Images From the James Webb Space Telescope
A dozen combination views of spiral galaxies captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope
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