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.
What Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is Really About
Revenge on the military is just the start of it.
The Sanewashing of RFK Jr.
Let’s call a crank a crank.
Pam Bondi’s Comeback
In 2017, Pam Bondi was passed over as too scandal-tainted. This time, she’s the safe, acceptable fallback choice.
Why Do Rich People Love Quiet?
The sound of gentrification is silence.
Bystanders to Genocide
The author's exclusive interviews with scores of the participants in the decision-making, together with her analysis of newly declassified documents, yield a chilling narrative of self-serving caution and flaccid will—and countless missed opportunities to mitigate a colossal crime
The ‘Democracy’ Gap
Almost all Americans say they support democracy—but they have very different ideas about what the word means.
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.
I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is
What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis.
Search the Hollywood AI Database
Use this search tool to see how writing from 139,000 movies and TV shows has trained generative AI.
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 Man Who Will Do Anything for Trump
Why Kash Patel is exactly the kind of person who would serve in a second Trump administration
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.
A Good Country’s Bad Choice
And what I got wrong about the 2024 election
The Carry-On-Baggage Bubble Is About to Pop
Airplanes aren’t made for this much luggage.
America Did This to Itself
And now we all must suffer through it.