The Overprotected Kid
A preoccupation with safety has stripped childhood of independence, risk-taking, and discovery—without making it safer. A new kind of playground points to a better solution.
A preoccupation with safety has stripped childhood of independence, risk-taking, and discovery—without making it safer. A new kind of playground points to a better solution.
Eric Adams is the latest public figure to frame accusations of wrongdoing as a targeted attack.
Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.
Eliminating degree requirements for jobs is very popular with voters but would do almost nothing to help workers who don’t have a college diploma.
The plight of Yaroslav Bazylevych poses a challenge to the West.
For most, the big decision is about whether to vote at all.
Romney has good reason to fear Trump’s vengeance.
Some introspection is healthy and necessary, but too much can trap you in a cycle of misery.
We mourn glaciers and forests lost to climate change. Why not streets and sewers?
The best-written stories can make readers feel as if they have passed through mundane states of being and been brought over to another universe.
Another restructure, and the clearest signal yet of what the company really is
The government’s case is serious. The details are absurd.
The evidence is convincing: The betting industry is ruining lives.
Ashli Babbitt’s mother and the wife of a notorious January 6 rioter are at the center of a new mythology on the right. They are also my neighbors.
The director’s fantasy of film’s technological potential is still far from a reality.
In her new—and reportedly last—stand-up special, the comedian struggles to find the humor in her mistakes.
As his career wraps up, a man of big ideas takes on ever smaller targets.
Sabrina Carpenter tackles the exasperation of being young, female, straight, and single in 2024.
The effects of Hurricane Helene in Cuba, a simulated moon walk in Germany, Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, runway scenes from Paris Fashion Week, and much more
Disaster is brewing on dark-web forums and in schools.