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.
America’s Incarceration Rate Is About to Fall Off a Cliff
Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.
It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart
The older we get, the more we need our friends—and the harder it is to keep them.
Feudalism Is Our Future
What the next Dark Ages could look like
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 Ultimate Career Advice: Make Your Work Your Calling
Three ways to find purpose and meaning in a job