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Europe Faces Putin Without America’s Help

European democracies must stop infantilizing themselves.

Winners of the 2025 World Nature Photography Awards

Some of the top nature photography featured in this year’s competition

How America Got Mean

In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.

Germany’s Anti-Extremist Firewall Is Collapsing

The far-right AfD seems destined for a strong showing in Sunday’s federal parliamentary election.

The DOGE Project Will Backfire

Trump’s war on public employees is bad for all of us.

The Perfect Show for Family Entertainment

Culture and entertainment musts from Boris Kachka

The Anti-Social Century

Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.

The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler

They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.

Brazil Stood Up for Its Democracy. Why Didn’t the U.S.?

Jair Bolsonaro was made to answer for trying to overturn an election.

Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’

The Republican nominee’s preoccupation with dictators, and his disdain for the American military, is deepening.

‘Terrified’ Federal Workers Are Clamming Up

Sources within the government reveal the true extent of the Trump administration’s crackdown on speech.

This Is What Happens When the DOGE Guys Take Over

Inside the federal agencies where Elon Musk’s people have seized control, fear and uncertainty reign.

Want to Change Your Personality? Have a Baby.

I knew that becoming a parent would change me—but I had no idea how.

The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping

Despite ever-higher sticker prices, the real cost of getting a degree has been going down.

Lighthouse Parents Have More Confident Kids

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

How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right

Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and political authorities.

The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Directly From Trump Officials

NIH officials said they were given no advance warning and less than an hour to post the memo publicly.

Photos of the Week: Goat Grabbing, Flying Fox, Elephant Orphanage

Widespread flooding in Kentucky, a Russian drone attack at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a mask festival in Latvia, Carnival costumes in Venice, and much more

The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows

Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Chance to Start Over

It’s time to prepare for a new and better normal than your pre-pandemic life.