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Migrants Are Heading South

For years, millions of people traveled through Central America north to the United States. Now that flow is changing direction.

Erdoğan Sets His Sights on Israel

If Trump wants to prevent another regional conflict, calling Turkey’s president a “friend” won’t cut it.

The Harem of Elon Musk

The DOGE leader is offering the Republican Party a very different vision of fatherhood.

What Porn Taught a Generation of Women

It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.

The Photographer Undoing the Myth of Appalachia

For Stacy Kranitz, replacing negative stereotypes with a triumphant counternarrative would be too easy.

About That ‘Possible Sign of Life’ on a Distant Planet

Possible is doing a lot of work.

I Should Have Seen This Coming

When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.

Trump Is Flirting With Economic Disaster

By threatening the independence of the Federal Reserve, the president risks undermining many of his key goals.

What We Lose When We’re Priced Out of Our Hobbies

For a lot of people, it’s getting too expensive to knit or fish.

A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution

If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.

America’s Mad King

The president has grown more impulsive, more vindictive, and more anarchic.

Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit

Older Americans might be doing more child care than ever.