Migrants Are Heading South
For years, millions of people traveled through Central America north to the United States. Now that flow is changing direction.
The Harem of Elon Musk
The DOGE leader is offering the Republican Party a very different vision of fatherhood.
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.
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 We Lose When We’re Priced Out of Our Hobbies
For a lot of people, it’s getting too expensive to knit or fish.
What Porn Taught a Generation of Women
It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.
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.
America’s Mad King
The president has grown more impulsive, more vindictive, and more anarchic.
Britain Rules on What a Woman Is
The country’s highest court has ruled that under the Equality Act, woman means “biological female.”
About That ‘Possible Sign of Life’ on a Distant Planet
Possible is doing a lot of work.
Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit
Older Americans might be doing more child care than ever.
A Loophole That Would Swallow the Constitution
If Donald Trump can disappear people to El Salvador without due process, he can do anything.
Grandparenting Is Changing
As grandparents take on more caregiving, their relationships with both their kids and their grandkids may start to look different.
Laughing in the Face of ‘Overwhelming Malice’
If desperate times call for desperate measures, then dark times call for dark jokes.
The Curse of ChatGPT
Success demands more success.
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