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The Art of the Price Hike

Trump’s tariff plan has pushed America’s businesses into a nightmarish experiment.

The Impossible Plight of the Pro-Tariff Liberals

They finally got the Democratic Party to listen to them. Then came Trump’s second term.

Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?

An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.

The Brands Are Very Sorry About Your Trauma

Why so many companies are inviting people to opt out of Mother’s Day emails

‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’

The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.

Trump’s Kennedy Center Debut: Les Mis and Six-Figure Checks

The president will attend a fundraiser and a showing of Les Misérables at an institution he hopes to remake in his image.

Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab

Can anyone stop his space-based internet?

We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong

What illness taught me about true friendship

Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’

Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.

Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market

A new sign that AI is competing with college grads

‘It’s All Cronyism Going Forward’

A flu researcher the Trump administration elevated to power will now benefit from a massive funding award.

Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit

Older Americans might be doing more child care than ever.

The U.S. Threat Looming Over Canada

The consequences if Trump followed through on his belligerent rhetoric about a “51st state” would be catastrophic.

Lighthouse Parents Have More Confident Kids

Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.

Breakfast Is Breaking

The classic American version hasn’t changed much in a century. Now it faces an identity crisis.

Dear James: When My Husband Speaks, My Brain Turns to Mush

Is this a normal marriage thing?

The ‘Significant Risk’ That Republicans Tank the Economy

How the GOP’s indecision in Congress could crash the markets

A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths

If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.

The Collapse of Feminism

Spice Girls slogans and reality-TV aesthetics: A new book traces how feminism morphed into clickable objectification.

What Kind of Questions Did 17th-Century Daters Have?

Advice columns have always appealed to people’s perennial confusion about love and marriage.