
The Whole Country Is Starting to Look Like California
Housing prices are rising fast in red and purple states known for being easy places to build. How can that be?
Housing prices are rising fast in red and purple states known for being easy places to build. How can that be?
Kids on bikes once filled the streets. Not anymore.
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.
Culture and entertainment musts from Ashley Parker
To feel good, do good.
A conversation with the Dropkick Murphys front man about punk, politics, and Donald Trump
That’s a nice business you’ve got there.
With work requirements in place, many will be removed from Medicaid even though they should qualify.
A short story
The quirky show Murderbot suggests that intelligent machines might be interested in something other than humanity.
Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon don’t speak for Trump or his base. So why do people think they do?
Sometimes it takes a new community or type of exercise to reset your relationship with working out.
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
Casey Johnston’s new book, A Physical Education, considers how weight lifting can help you unlearn diet culture.
Humanity is set to start shrinking several decades ahead of schedule.
Google is ushering in an era of custom chatbots.
America has more great-grandparents than ever. It also has a new caretaking challenge.
Iran and Israel came to blows, and Beijing mostly ducked.
How the novelist turned the violence and randomness of war into a cosmic joke
As they age, women experience less public scrutiny—and entertain a wider set of choices about when and how they are seen.