Private Equity Has Its Eyes on the Child-Care Industry
As states and the federal government pour money into early education, how will they keep a public good from becoming a private cash cow?
Preface
Published in The Atlantic in 1944
Revolutions Take Generations
Both cheerleaders and critics have misunderstood an essential aspect of the age of revolutions.
What Companies Owe Retirees
The heyday of the pension is behind us. But employers can still make retiring more humane for their workers.
What Happened to Baseball Jerseys?
Fans are doomed to keep paying more for merchandise they want less.
‘Gut Health’ Has a Fatal Flaw
The obsession with digestion has gone too far.
Winners of the 2024 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest
A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored underwater images
Texas’s Social-Media Law Is Dangerous. Striking It Down Could Be Worse.
Beware giving Big Tech a constitutional right to avoid regulation.
Solzhenitsyn’s Warning
His excoriating critique of Western liberalism is more relevant than ever.
The Best Small-Talk Topic
Go ahead, talk about the weather.
Nine Stories to Read Today
Plus: Many presidents wrote books. Were any of them any good?
The Secret of Plant ‘Sight’
Scientists have discovered that a mysterious behavior might come down to air.
Something’s Fishy About the ‘Migrant Crisis’
The federal government’s dysfunction leaves immigrant-friendly cities feeling overwhelmed.
Step Aside, Fani Willis
Recusal is the right course for the Fulton County district attorney, even if the judge rules in her favor.
The GOP Has Crossed an Ominous Threshold on Foreign Policy
A new study of Republican attitudes helps explain why.
The Loneliness of Jodie Foster
A star since childhood, she spent decades guarding her privacy. On-screen, she’s always played the solitary woman under pressure. But in a pair of new roles, she’s revealed a different side of herself.
Shadow Study
A poem for Sunday
One of TV’s Best Slow-Burn Couples
Culture and entertainment musts from Karen Ostergren
Trump’s Legal and Political Strategies
Digging into the GOP front-runner’s claims on the stump and in legal filings
Alexei Navalny’s Last Laugh
Something I’ve seen in Putin’s most effective opponents: Even if it costs them their life, they defy him with humor.
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