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.
Your Armpits Are Trying to Tell You Something
The best time to apply antiperspirant is right before bed. Seriously.
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
The People Who Quit Dating
Being single can be hard—but the search for love may be harder.
What I Learned About Life at My 30th College Reunion
“Every classmate who became a teacher or doctor seemed happy,” and 29 other lessons from seeing my Harvard class of 1988 all grown up
Three Ways to Become a Deeper Thinker
You don’t have to become a Buddhist monk to realize the value of contemplating hard questions without clear answers.
The Long-Held Habits You Might Need to Reconsider
One of the most humbling parts of being alive is realizing you’ve been doing a simple thing wrong.
Climate Diplomacy’s $300 Billion Failure
Climate negotiations at COP29 ended in a deal that mostly showed how far the world is from facing climate change’s real dangers.
He Was the World’s Longest-Held Death-Row Inmate. He Was Also Innocent.
Each day for 50 years, the Japanese boxer Iwao Hakamada woke up unsure whether it would be his last.
Winners of the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024
Some of the winning and honored photographs from this year’s competition
Don’t Let Love Take Over Your Life
The case for love-life balance
Pam Bondi’s Comeback
In 2017, Pam Bondi was passed over as too scandal-tainted. This time, she’s the safe, acceptable fallback choice.
Don’t Give Up on the Truth
Striking out against injustice is always right; it always matters.
Trump’s Most Misunderstood Policy Proposal
Economists aren’t telling the whole truth about tariffs.
Seventy Miles in Hell
The Darién Gap was once considered impassable. Now hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking treacherous terrain, violence, hunger, and disease to travel through the jungle to the United States.
Another Theory of the Trump Movement
Who else but Sigmund Freud to help explain?
Why Do Rich People Love Quiet?
The sound of gentrification is silence.
Miranda’s Last Gift
When our daughter died suddenly, she left us with grief, memories—and Ringo.
The Secret to Thinking Your Way Out of Anxiety
To live with uncertainty, see it as opportunity instead.
Can Democracy Exist Without Liberalism?
When differences of opinion become existential, citizens—in the U.S. and around the world—must find a way to manage them.