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Put Down the Vacuum
Americans need to get off the tidiness treadmill.
There Is No Dignity in Capitulation
A worrying pattern has taken hold in public television.
Google’s New AI Puts Breasts on Minors—And J. D. Vance
A feature that lets you virtually try on clothes has a dangerous flaw.
When William F. Buckley Jr. Met James Baldwin
In 1965, the two intellectual giants squared off in a debate at Cambridge. It didn’t go quite as Buckley hoped.
How the Passionate Male Friendship Died
The “perfect” platonic bond used to be between two men. What happened?
The End of Rule of Law in America
The 47th president seems to wish he were king—and he is willing to destroy what is precious about this country to get what he wants.
The Long War That Ended Last Week
The PKK is disarming. Can Turkey keep the peace?
Photos of the Week: Dragon’s Teeth, Witch Convention, High Plateau
A swannery in southern England, tornado damage in Kentucky, drought conditions in the Florida Everglades, a rally race in a Chinese desert, and much more
Trump’s National-Security Disaster
Trump’s vandalism of the national-security structure, Signalgate, and a conversation with Susan Rice
The Funniest Part of Alison Bechdel’s Work
The author is willing to let her main character be both her double and the butt of her joke.
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.
A Dangerous Disguise for Anti-Semitism
The person charged with attacking an American Jewish gathering and killing two Israeli-embassy aides disingenuously invoked the Palestinian struggle as a pretext to harm Jews.
The World That ‘Wages for Housework’ Wanted
The 1970s campaign fought to get women paid for their work in the home—and envisioned a society built to better support motherhood.
First My Mother Died. Then My Home Got Hit by a Tornado.
My street got leveled by 150-mph winds. Why do I feel somehow at ease?
What RFK Jr. Doesn’t Understand About Autism
Starting with his claims of an “autism epidemic.”
A Striking Moment in American Activism
A new documentary revisits a pivotal week at Gallaudet University in 1988.
What AI Thinks It Knows About You
What happens when people can see what assumptions a large language model is making about them?
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
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