The Week That Changed Everything for Gavin Newsom
“Sunday, I woke up a different guy.”
How McKinsey Destroyed the Middle Class
Technocratic management, no matter how brilliant, cannot unwind structural inequalities.
What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane
Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.
Why Mike Lee Folded
In 2016, he tried to stop Trump from becoming president. By 2020, he was trying to help Trump overturn the election. Now he could become Trump’s attorney general.
‘This War Is Not Helping Us’
Members of Iran’s opposition want change, and fear for their lives.
12 Days in Trump’s America
The enormous demonstrations against Trump were closely connected to the chaos of the days before.
Yes I Will Read Ulysses Yes
How Richard Ellman made James Joyce a hero to generations of readers and scholars
Baby Boomers’ Luck Is Running Out
After a lifetime of good fortune, the generation has become vulnerable at exactly the wrong moment.
Whose Choice? Whose Life?
The Adriana Smith case is not exactly about abortion.
Photos: ‘No Kings’ Protests Across America
Yesterday, according to estimates by event organizers, millions marched in protest against the Trump administration, including its recent controversial immigration-enforcement raids. Hundreds of “No Kings” demonstrations took place in cities and towns throughout the U.S.
An Unexpected Argument From the Right
The idea that women can have children without negatively affecting their careers is having an unlikely revival.
The Last Children of Down Syndrome
Prenatal testing is changing who gets born and who doesn’t. This is just the beginning.
Inside the Exclusive, Obsessive, Surprisingly Litigious World of Luxury Fitness
How Tracy Anderson built an exercise empire
A Decade of Golden-Escalator Politics
It was here that Donald Trump descended into American politics.
The Crash of EgyptAir 990
Two years afterward the U.S. and Egyptian governments are still quarreling over the cause—a clash that grows out of cultural division, not factual uncertainty. A look at the flight data from a pilot's perspective, with the help of simulations of the accident, points to what the Egyptians must already know: the crash was caused not by any mechanical failure but by a pilot's intentional act
Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think
Here’s how to make the most of it.
Being a Dad Is About More Than Being Around
As I reflect on my own failings as a dad, what I hope I offered most is not memories but a model for living.
‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy
The pursuit of achievement distracts from the deeply ordinary activities and relationships that make life meaningful.
Trump Says He Decides What ‘America First’ Means
The president told me he was optimistic about ending foreign wars—then he ended our conversation to take a call from Putin.
The Father-Daughter Routine That Transformed Our Family Life
In my household, Saturday is “Dad-urday.”