Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
The Missing Part of Trump’s Minerals Math
Without demand from clean energy, the U.S. market for rare earth, graphite, and lithium will falter.
Who Gets Panzer Tattooed on Their Arm?
The ink that tells the story of Trump’s second term
Universities Deserve Special Standing
A good life and a good society require an ongoing search for understanding and knowledge.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
Trump Is Paving the Way for Another ‘China Shock’
The MIT economist David Autor helped fracture the old free-trade consensus. But he thinks that what’s replacing it is even worse.
The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
Trump’s Hollow Defense of Tariffs
His usual marketing savvy is nowhere to be seen.
Marvel Doesn’t Have to Try So Hard
The new film Thunderbolts* understands that bigger does not mean better.
America’s Pro-Disease Movement
How the Trump administration is worsening a public-health crisis
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 Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
Six Books You’ll Want to Read Outdoors
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
The Link Between Happiness and Social Connection
Building a meaningful life is hard for young people to do right now.
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.