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‘I Run the Country and the World’

Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.

The Mess at Airports Is Part of a Larger Pattern

What’s behind the Newark-airport fiasco

The Default-Parent Problem

Why do so many people assume that Mom knows what’s going on with the kids, and that Dad does not?

The Cynical Republican Plan to Cut Medicaid

Work requirements set up a thicket of paperwork that leads eligible Medicaid recipients to lose their insurance. That’s the point.

The Myth of the Poverty Trap

We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?

Retirement Is the New Resistance

The Democrats waging war on their gerontocracy

A Different Way to Think About Medicine’s Most Stubborn Enigma

A new book shows that dementia isn’t just a loss, and memory is much more than recollection.

Maybe Star Wars Is Better Without Lightsabers

The TV series Andor achieved greatness by challenging the franchise’s good-and-evil dichotomy.

History Will Judge the Complicit

Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?

Trump’s Legal Strategy Has a Name

And it has been deployed by would-be autocrats around the world.

Is the AfD Too Extreme for Democracy?

Germany’s far-right party hates immigration, and some of its leaders have a disturbing tendency to say things that sound Nazi-curious.

Trump’s Third-Term Ambitions Are Very Revealing

The president sees the Constitution as an obstacle to be surmounted, not a repository of values that he must respect.

A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths

If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.

The Film That Rips the Hollywood Comeback Narrative Apart

The Substance is one of several recent movies that scrutinize older female performers’ struggle to stay relevant.

Dear Therapist: I’ve Been Dumped by My Friends

I thought our shared history would keep us close, but it hasn’t.

AI Is Not Your Friend

How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it

The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History

Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy

Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight

To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.

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.

Just Let Your Kids Play With Makeup

Many people consider it a red flag. It doesn’t have to be.