A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.
‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’
The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
AI Executives Promise Cancer Cures. Here’s the Reality
The technology is genuinely useful for scientific discovery, but its applications are less dramatic than you might think.
Phase Two Will Be Worse Than DOGE
First came the chaos. Next comes the retribution.
Ben-Gvir Can’t Bring Himself to Pretend
The Israeli national-security minister came to New Haven to tell the story of his political awakening.
Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.
The Conversation That Moviegoers Don’t Need to Be Having
Sinners has made a splash at the box office, but analysts want to focus on the money it isn’t making.
Oklahoma Is Asking the Supreme Court to Ignore History
The Founders had disagreements about the role of religion in America’s public schools, but there was always one line they would not cross.
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs
By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards.
When a DNA Test Reveals Your Daughter Is Not Your Biological Child
A father reflects on an experience that is becoming more common.
What Would Be Worse Than a Recession?
The loss of America’s economic hegemony
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.
The Project 2025 Presidency
The blueprint for Trump 2.0 predicted much of what we’ve seen so far—and much of what’s to come.
Tesla’s Remarkably Bad Quarter Is Even Worse Than It Looks
Reality is catching up with Elon Musk.
How Drug Cartels Took Over Social Media
Mexico’s gangs are influencers now.
Ryan Coogler Didn’t Want to Hide Anymore
The director of Sinners knew that it was time to break out of his comfort zone.
Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment
What Seamus Heaney gave me
Columbia University’s Anti-Semitism Problem
If the bullying of Jewish students had happened to any other group, the institution would be appalled.