The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color
The ecstasy of “olo”
Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?
An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.
My Family’s Slave
She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.
The Mess at Airports Is Part of a Larger Pattern
What’s behind the Newark-airport fiasco
Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading
Hint: It’s not just the screens.
The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them
You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.
How to Disagree Better
Our writers’ perspectives on arguing and communicating in healthier ways
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
A Week of Manufactured Trump Victories
Shashi Tharoor and the Trump grift machine
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
Why Study History?
Civic education can help us to see that not all problems have solutions, to live with tentative answers, to accept compromise, to embrace responsibilities as well as rights—to understand that democracy is a way of living, not a settled destination.
Something’s Fishy About the ‘Migrant Crisis’
The federal government’s dysfunction leaves immigrant-friendly cities feeling overwhelmed.