Did Republicans Just Hand Trump 2.0 His First Defeat?
The Senate GOP elected John Thune as majority leader—and decisively rejected Trump’s apparent favorite.
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 Queer Author Who Spoke the Plain Truth
Dorothy Allison, the Bastard Out of Carolina author who died last week, modeled the power of honesty in her writing and her life.
My Hope for Palestine
There’s still a path to lasting peace. But we’ll need a new set of leaders.
The Democrats’ 2022 Error Message
Swing-state successes in the last midterms gave the party false optimism about 2024.
Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Revenge
The president-elect has long demonized intelligence officers and other federal employees. This is how he might come for them.
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.
The Cases Against Trump: A Guide
Thirty-four felony convictions. Charges of fraud, election subversion, and obstruction. One place to keep track of the presidential candidate’s legal troubles.
The Death of Search
AI is transforming how billions navigate the web. A lot will be lost in the process.
How Can I Find More Satisfaction in Work?
My job consumes and torments me. There has to be a better way.
How to Lose a Century of Progress
Americans have been too quick to condemn the field of public health, overlooking its massive achievements in the 1900s and, yes, during the recent pandemic, too.
The Terminally Online Are in Charge Now
Prepare for government by meme.
Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula
It’s probably leaching chemicals into your cooking oil.
Photos From 1898: The Homemade Windmills of Nebraska
Images of some of the creative and inexpensive windmills built by the farmers of Nebraska at the end of the 19th century
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