Photos of the Week: Wheelbarrow Race, Count Binface, Orange Skies
A volcanic eruption in Indonesia, a tilting tower in Taiwan, the Tokyo Rainbow Pride Parade in Japan, protests opposing Israel’s attacks on Gaza in the United States, and much more
No One Has a Right to Protest in My Home
The difference between a private yard and a public forum
The Happiness Trinity
Why it’s so hard to answer the question What makes us happiest?
Trump Is Getting What He Wants
The Supreme Court seems to be endorsing his views on presidential power.
How America Lost Sleep
Many Americans are reporting that they’d feel better if they slept more, but finding the right remedy isn’t always simple.
The Passover Plot
The dark legacy and ongoing body count of an ancient anti-Semitic myth
The Supreme Court Goes Through the Looking Glass on Presidential Immunity
At this morning’s oral argument, the justices debated the ins and outs of Trump’s dangerous proposition.
Why Your Vet Bill Is So High
Corporations and private-equity funds have been rolling up smaller chains and previously independent practices.
The Campus-Left Occupation That Broke Higher Education
Elite colleges are now reaping the consequences of promoting a pedagogy that trashed the postwar ideal of the liberal university.
Would Limitlessness Make Us Better Writers?
AI embodies hypotheticals I can only imagine for myself. But I believe human impediments are what lead us to create meaningful art.
The Inflation Plateau
Prices have been rising faster than expected for the past three months. What’s going on?
Why Does Taylor Swift See Herself as an Albatross?
She can’t help identifying with the notorious bird from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem.
How to Find Your Faith
The key to transcendence starts with a practice, not your feelings.
In Search of America Aboard the Icon of the Seas
Twenty decks, seven swimming pools, and one novelist wearing a meatball T-shirt
How Bird Flu Is Shaping People’s Lives
A conversation with Katherine J. Wu about the disease sweeping through animals and raising food-safety questions
Welcome to the TikTok Meltdown
The ban is a disaster, even if you support it.
Chile’s Amazing National Parks
Images of several of Chile’s national parks, encompassing a wide variety of environments
Columbia Has Resorted to Pedagogy Theater
Holding classes over Zoom just pretends to solve a problem.
The Story That’s Holding Taylor Swift Back
The artist is an extraordinarily powerful woman who still, somehow, feels like she has no real power at all.
Tesla Is Not the Next Ford. It’s the Next Con Ed.
Elon Musk’s EV empire is crumbling.
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