What Exactly Is Required to Preserve Our Democracy?
It will take a “total mobilization of our forces,” in the words of new Autocracy in America host Garry Kasparov.
The End of Airport Shoe-Screening Is Populism Theater
A hated policy is over. But why?
Zohran Mamdani Reveals the Absurdity of Affirmative Action
Is the nominee for New York City mayor “African American”? Wrong question.
America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This
Trump’s Qatari jet was just the beginning.
Maybe We Don’t Need to Go to Space Anymore
Trump wants to slash NASA’s budget. A Real World star will lead the agency. But everything’s okay!
What the Next Phase of Trump’s Presidency Will Look Like
The president got his “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Can he sell it to voters?
Who’s Afraid of Being Middlebrow?
Virginia Woolf.
The Jubilation in Israel Is Premature
The military strikes on Iran were impressive, but they haven’t brought the war to an end.
The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine
How the left ended up disbelieving the science
How the Grateful Dead Nearly Solved the Problem With Live Music
The band’s innovative sound system made them sound better than ever. It also nearly broke them.
Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust
The chatbot is also praising Hitler and attacking users with Jewish-sounding names.
What Your Favorite Grocery Store Says About You
Once a place of utility, the supermarket is now an object of obsession.
The Reality Show That Captures Gen Z Dating
This season of Love Island USA is a romance competition with very little romance.
Dear Therapist: My Daughter Doesn’t Care That I Want Her to Live Closer to Home
I don’t think she truly understands the impact that seeing her only once or twice a year is having on us.
My Family’s Slave
She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.
An Inhospitable Land
When the earth drinks in the last of the floodwaters, the places that remain will be different than they were before—turned sacred by overwhelming loss.
Baby Boomers’ Luck Is Running Out
After a lifetime of good fortune, the generation has become vulnerable at exactly the wrong moment.
Men Might Be the Key to an American Baby Boom
Fertility policy has a big missing piece.
‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy
The pursuit of achievement distracts from the deeply ordinary activities and relationships that make life meaningful.
‘I’m Not Quite Sure How to Respond to This Presentation’
The discomfiting spectacle of RFK Jr.’s new vaccine-advisory committee