A 600-Year-Old Blueprint for Weathering Climate Change
During the Little Ice Age, Native North Americans devised whole new economic, social, and political structures.
A Deadly Strike in Gaza
Israel faces international condemnation after its forces targeted vehicles from the aid group World Central Kitchen.
This Is What an Album Needs to Do Right Now
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is an exploration of country—not just the musical genre, but America itself.
This Whale Has Something to Say
A novel about a young man and the orca named Lolita who knows him better than he knows himself
Why Rich Shoppers Get So Angry About Hermès
This is what happens when wealthy consumers run headlong into actual scarcity.
What the Suburb Haters Don’t Understand
The homogeneity of the suburbs has an upside: If strip malls and subdivisions remind you of home, you can feel nostalgic almost anywhere.
What’s So Bad About Asking Where Humans Came From?
Human origin stories have often been used for nefarious purposes. That doesn’t mean they are worthless.
Supporting Trump Means Supporting a Culture of Violence
The former president is encouraging threats against his enemies—again.
The Doctor Will Ask About Your Gun Now
More physicians are making gun safety part of routine visits. But should they be?
The Most Dazzling Eclipse in the Universe
Anyone who watches the moon glide over the sun on April 8 will be witnessing the planetary version of a lightning strike.
The Fans Aren’t Always Right
The new Ghostbusters movie is fine—totally, completely fine. Why is the franchise treated so seriously?
What Would Society Look Like if Extreme Wealth Were Impossible?
Limitarianism questions the idea that individual wealth is ever individual.
Ro Khanna Wants to Be the Future of the Democratic Party
Khanna, a congressman who represents Silicon Valley, sees himself as a bridge between America’s faded industrial might and its digital future.
A Saturday Night Live Monologue That Felt More Like Prayer
Ramy Youssef brought a politics of care to his first time hosting the show.
The Clock Is Running Out on Migratory Birds
Climate change is creating a mismatch between these travelers and their food supply.
An Unconventional Spy Show
Culture and entertainment musts from Sarah Zhang
The State That’s Trying to Rein in DEI Without Becoming Florida
How should public institutions in a diverse society treat identity?
Drift of Summer, 1965
A poem for Sunday
The State of the Biden-Trump Rematch
“The Biden people seem to be more scared of [RFK Jr.] than the Trump people are … It’s a real wild card partly because the anti-vaxxer vote is a pretty hard-core part of the Republican base.”
What Restaurant Behavior Says About a Person
Dining out can be an opportunity to see a human being at their hungriest, their showiest, or their most human.