Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.
Everything Is the ‘Twitter Files’ Now
The State Department is using Elon Musk’s playbook.
Fox and Frenemy
Trump may lash out at the network. But the two will always make up.
The Jim Crow Economy Is the True Horror in Sinners
The film illustrates the near-impossibility of upward mobility during the segregation era.
How the U.S. Lost the Canadian Election
Trump’s threats to annex Canada reversed its political trend—but they should not reverse its commitment to free trade.
The End of the ‘Generic’ Grocery-Store Brand
They’re no longer terrible—in fact, they’re often the draw.
Marvel Doesn’t Have to Try So Hard
The new film Thunderbolts* understands that bigger does not mean better.
Six Books You’ll Want to Read Outdoors
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
Inside Mike Waltz’s White House Exit
Signalgate was the national security adviser’s most glaring mistake. But his problems ran deeper.
A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
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.
Photos of the Week: May Day, Fire Festival, Finger Wrestling
A sandstorm in northeastern Syria, the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican, members of ZZ Top in Australia, and much more
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
The Great Language Flattening
Chatbots learned from human writing. Now it’s their turn to influence us.
The Tariff Damage That Can’t Be Undone
Nothing here has ended well. In fact, it hasn’t even ended.
The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs
By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards.
The Trump Voters Who Like What They See
“Even if they don’t agree with everything he’s doing, he’s doing something.”
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
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