The Rise of the ‘Club-Sandwich Generation’
America has more great-grandparents than ever. It also has a new caretaking challenge.
A Classic Childhood Pastime Is Fading
Kids on bikes once filled the streets. Not anymore.
Twenty-Four Hours of Authoritarianism
Donald Trump had a very busy Tuesday.
Lunch With Virginia Woolf
On finally reading A Room of One’s Own
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?
New York Is Hungry for a Big Grocery Experiment
Small towns have tried public grocery stores. How would they fare in a major city?
Trump’s Betrayal of Ukraine
Bridget Brink, the former ambassador to Ukraine, on that country’s war with Russia, America’s betrayal of Ukraine, and why she resigned
A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement
Both parents and adult children often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century.
The Bad Bunny Video That Captures the Cost of Gentrification
The artist’s latest project transforms an unconventional figure into a symbol.
Five Feel-Good TV Shows
Find the right comfort series to unwind with.
They Didn’t Have to Do This
By passing Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into an incomprehensibly reckless plan.
How Happy Couples Argue
They don’t try to control each other. They try to control themselves.
Why Can’t Americans Sleep?
Insomnia has become a public-health emergency.
A Philosophy That Sees ‘Women as Doers’
What if function, not form, dictated what was in fashion?
The End of Hooters
Can the breastaurant survive?
The World Economy Is on the Brink of Epochal Change
Capitalism’s operating system is due for a major upgrade. How that turns out depends on enormously consequential political choices.
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