The One Trump Pick Democrats Actually Like
Does Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination for labor secretary signal a shift in the GOP’s stance toward unions?
MAGA’s Demon-Haunted World
Peter Thiel is the latest pro-Trump luminary to take a conspiracist turn.
The Hipster Grifter Peaked Too Soon
Kari Ferrell’s memoir is a zippy, intimate account of low-level trickery before the era of scams fully erupted.
Israel Never Defined Its Goals
When I talked with Israeli national-security officials last year, the most realistic of them spoke of Gaza’s future as resembling the West Bank today.
A Sweeping January 6 Pardon Is an Attack on the Judiciary
The federal judges who stewarded these cases deserve more respect than that.
Point Nemo, the Most Remote Place on Earth
It’s the farthest place in the world from land. A lot seems to be going on there.
They Stole Yogi Berra’s World Series Rings. Then They Did Something Really Crazy.
The childhood friends behind the most audacious string of sports-memorabilia heists in American history
A Wider War Has Already Started in Europe
Putin’s not-so-quiet sabotage campaign against European democracies
How Netanyahu Misread His Relationship With Trump
The cease-fire in Gaza reflects another triumph for Donald Trump and shows Benjamin Netanyahu who’s boss.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
No One Will Remember Jack Smith’s Report
But indifference to truth and honor and the rule of law has a way of catching up with a country.
A Gaza Deal Closed, but No Closure
The cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas is no guarantee of peace.
The Forgotten Woman Who Transformed Forensics
In the 1970s, Martha Goddard invented the rape kit. So why did she die in relative obscurity?
Maybe It Was Never About the Factory Jobs
The theory that populist economic policies can win back the working class for Democrats has been tried, and it has failed.
Dear Therapist: I Was the Other Woman
I know I sound naive, but this wasn’t like a “normal” affair.
A Secret Way to Fight Off Stomach Bugs
It isn’t hand sanitizer.
How the Ski Business Got Too Big for Its Boots
A recent strike at a major resort has put the spotlight on what a bad deal both workers and visitors are getting.
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
The Hawaiians Who Want Their Nation Back
In 1893, a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the Islands’ sovereign government. What does America owe Hawai‘i now?
Not Just Sober-Curious, but Neo-Temperate
How sobriety went from a radical social movement to a tool of self-optimization
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