The ‘Significant Risk’ That Republicans Tank the Economy
How the GOP’s indecision in Congress could crash the markets
Congressional Republicans Have Two Bad Options
How to make sense of their stumbling progress—perhaps—toward a major fiscal bill
Trump’s Kennedy Center Debut: Les Mis and Six-Figure Checks
The president will attend a fundraiser and a showing of Les Misérables at an institution he hopes to remake in his image.
‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’
The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
Putin’s Bread and Circus Had Bread
If there’s one cue Trump missed from the Russian dictator, it’s never to mess with economic stability.
The Collapse of Feminism
Spice Girls slogans and reality-TV aesthetics: A new book traces how feminism morphed into clickable objectification.
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
This Conclave Will Be Different
The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.
An ‘America First’ Deal With the Houthis
The U.S. has extracted itself from the conflict, not ended it.
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.
How the World Became Awash in Synthetics
It started in 1934, with a PR crisis.
The Missing Branch
In an era of intense constitutional combat, Congress is nowhere to be found.
Don’t Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports.
A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.
Dear James: When My Husband Speaks, My Brain Turns to Mush
Is this a normal marriage thing?
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
Endowments Are Next
Taxing endowments is likely to weaken elite institutions, not fix them. That’s the point.
The U.S. Threat Looming Over Canada
The consequences if Trump followed through on his belligerent rhetoric about a “51st state” would be catastrophic.
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.