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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.

What Porn Taught a Generation of Women

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

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.

The Harem of Elon Musk

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

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

Possible is doing a lot of work.

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.

America’s Mad King

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

Grover Norquist Can’t Believe What He’s Hearing

Is the GOP about to raise taxes?

Trump Is Flirting With Economic Disaster

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

The Perfect Pop Star for a Dumb Stunt

Katy Perry is exactly the kind of celebrity to go to space.

Britain Rules on What a Woman Is

The country’s highest court has ruled that under the Equality Act, woman means “biological female.”