The DOGE Project Will Backfire
Trump’s war on public employees is bad for all of us.
‘Terrified’ Federal Workers Are Clamming Up
Sources within the government reveal the true extent of the Trump administration’s crackdown on speech.
The Ultimate Antidote to Toxic Behavior Online
Changing your perception and withholding your attention are great ways of regaining control over online abuse.
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
How Progressives Froze the American Dream
The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
Confessions of a Republican Exile
A longtime conservative, alienated by Trumpism, tries to come to terms with life on the moderate edge of the Democratic Party.
How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right
Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and political authorities.
The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler
They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.
The Erasing of American Science
How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?
Something’s Fishy About the ‘Migrant Crisis’
The federal government’s dysfunction leaves immigrant-friendly cities feeling overwhelmed.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
The Trump World Order
In the MAGA vision of the national interest, might will make right.
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