What RFK Jr. Doesn’t Understand About Autism
Starting with his claims of an “autism epidemic.”
The World That ‘Wages for Housework’ Wanted
The 1970s campaign fought to get women paid for their work in the home—and envisioned a society built to better support motherhood.
The Most Controversial Game on the Internet
Wyna Liu, the editor of the New York Times game Connections, discusses her process and the particular ire her puzzles inspire.
We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel
In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift
How the Passionate Male Friendship Died
The “perfect” platonic bond used to be between two men. What happened?
It Should Not Be Controversial to Plead for Gaza’s Children
Israel’s limits on aid have put the region at “critical risk of famine.” Help is within reach. But it’s not enough—and it’s arriving too slowly.
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.
The Visionary of Trump 2.0
Russell Vought is advancing a radical ideological project decades in the making.