Israel Never Defined Its Goals
When I talked with Israeli national-security officials last year, the most realistic of them spoke of Gaza’s future as resembling the West Bank today.
Visiting Chernobyl 32 Years After the Disaster
Today marks the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. On April 26, 1986, technicians conducting a test inadvertently caused the fourth reactor to explode, causing the world’s worst civil nuclear disaster.
The Hipster Grifter Peaked Too Soon
Kari Ferrell’s memoir is a zippy, intimate account of low-level trickery before the era of scams fully erupted.
You’re Going to Die. That’s a Good Thing.
If you can accept your mortality, you will feel more alive.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
The Hawaiians Who Want Their Nation Back
In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Islands’ sovereign government. What does America owe Hawai‘i now?
The Scientist vs. the Machine
What happened when AI took over these researchers’ jobs?
DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest
People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
Child Labor in America 100 Years Ago
In 1908, photographer Lewis Hine traveled across the U.S. to document child laborers and their workplaces. His portraits were used by reformers to drive legislation that would protect young workers or prohibit their employment.