How an 18th-Century Philosopher Helped Solve My Midlife Crisis
David Hume, the Buddha, and a search for the Eastern roots of the Western Enlightenment
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene
Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change.
What Trump’s Finger-Pointing Reveals
Words, including the words of presidents, matter so very much.
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.
Winners of the 2024 Close-Up Photographer of the Year
Some of the winning and honored images from this year’s contest
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.