Conspiracy Theorists Are Turning on the President
MAGA influencers are furious that Trump’s FBI says no more Jeffrey Epstein secrets are forthcoming.
The Bizarre Relationship of a ‘Work Wife’ and a ‘Work Husband’
The work marriage is a strange response to our anxieties about mixed-gender friendships, heightened by the norms of a professional environment.
What Your Favorite Grocery Store Says About You
Once a place of utility, the supermarket is now an object of obsession.
Let Your Kid Climb That Tree
It could actually make them safer.
Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar-Power Projects
As the Trump administration’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent of all projects now under construction worldwide.
The Courts Won’t Save Democracy From Trump
George Conway on Trump, the rule of law, and why the legal system is failing
How to Be Happy Growing Older
Your future will probably be better than your past.
America’s Coming Smoke Epidemic
The research on what smoke does to a body is just beginning.
He Spent His Life Trying to Prove That He Was a Loyal U.S. Citizen. It Wasn’t Enough.
How Joseph Kurihara lost his faith in America
I Fought Plastic. Plastic Won.
My futile quest to avoid the material that my entire world is made out of
That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
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.
Why Can’t Americans Sleep?
Insomnia has become a public-health emergency.
A Sea Story
One of the worst maritime disasters in European history took place in 1994. It remains very much in the public eye. On a stormy night on the Baltic Sea, more than 850 people lost their lives when a luxurious ferry sank below the waves. From a mass of material, including official and unofficial reports and survivor testimony, our correspondent has distilled an account of the Estonia’s last moments—part of his continuing coverage for the magazine of anarchy on the high seas.
The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine
How the left ended up disbelieving the science
What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane
Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.
What It Means to Be a Mystic Girl
Camp was the place these girls felt safe and free.
Elon Musk Updated Grok. Guess What It Said?
After praising Hitler earlier this week, the chatbot is now listing the “good races.”
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?
A Strange Time to Be Trans
In this particular culture war, some self-described skeptics look less like truth-tellers than merchants of doubt.