Chinese Students Feel a Familiar Chill in America
Surveillance, censorship, detention were things to worry about back home. Now they’re here.
The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn’t as Bad as You’ve Heard—It’s Worse
Humanity is set to start shrinking several decades ahead of schedule.
Canada’s Terrible New Freedom
This Canada Day, Trump is fueling a very different kind of nationalism.
New York Is Hungry for a Big Grocery Experiment
Small towns have tried public grocery stores. How would they fare in a major city?
The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them
You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.
The New Old Age
What a new life stage can teach the rest of us about how to find meaning and purpose—before it’s too late
America’s Incarceration Rate Is About to Fall Off a Cliff
Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.
The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine
How the left ended up disbelieving the science
The Great Cousin Decline
Families are shrinking. But the weirdest family role is a vital one.
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 Nobel Prize Winner Who Thinks We Have the Universe All Wrong
Cosmologists are fighting over everything.
A Big, Bad, Very Ugly Bill
“Beautiful” it is not.
Inside the Dangerous, Secretive World of Extreme Fishing
Why I swim out into rough seas 80 nights a year to hunt for striped bass
Trump Insults America—Again
The president of the United States seems to have no interest in appealing to a national sense of pride or honor.
The Type of Love That Makes People Happiest
When it comes to lasting romance, passion has nothing on friendship.