The Missing Part of Trump’s Minerals Math
Without demand from clean energy, the U.S. market for rare earth, graphite, and lithium will falter.
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
A White House Briefing Straight From North Korea
How MAGA influencers have reshaped the press corps
Is Anthony Weiner Ready to Go Another Round?
The ex-congressman whose name became a punch line is running for New York’s city council. In some ways, he hasn’t changed a bit.
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.
Universities Deserve Special Standing
A good life and a good society require an ongoing search for understanding and knowledge.
Marvel Doesn’t Have to Try So Hard
The new film Thunderbolts* understands that bigger does not mean better.
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.
Trump Is Paving the Way for Another ‘China Shock’
The MIT economist David Autor helped fracture the old free-trade consensus. But he thinks that what’s replacing it is even worse.
The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler
They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.
The New Divide in American Marriage
College graduates are marrying at high rates. Everyone else isn’t.
Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.
The Warehouse Worker Who Became a Philosopher
Eleven years ago, the podcast host Stephen West was stocking groceries.
Who Gets Panzer Tattooed on Their Arm?
The ink that tells the story of Trump’s second term
The Jim Crow Economy Is the True Horror in Sinners
The film illustrates the near-impossibility of upward mobility during the segregation era.
The Link Between Happiness and Social Connection
Building a meaningful life is hard for young people to do right now.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.