How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
Is Wokeness One Big Power Grab?
Behind much social-justice discourse is a self-interested struggle for power.
American Kakistocracy
Italy knows a thing or two about what the United States faces—but there are key differences between the two countries’ experiences.
Nick Cave’s Revised Rules for Men
On his new album, he seems to want to help men cope with feelings of insecurity and irrelevance.
Amazon Haul Is an Omen
Welcome to the slop era of online shopping.
A Film Impossible to Have Mild Feelings About
Emilia Pérez is messy, excessive, and manipulative—and spectacular because of it.
Get Ready for Higher Food Prices
Trump vowed to lower food prices. His policies will almost certainly do the opposite.
The Bluesky Bubble
This is a relapse, not a fix.
What the Band Eats
Memories of the meals I ate growing up with the Grateful Dead
The Perverse Logic of Trump’s Nomination Circus
The sheer quantity of individually unqualified selections might make blocking any of them harder.
How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?
Israel Is Fighting a Different War Now
The Israeli high command now sees all of its conflicts as elements of a single, multifront war with Iran.
Why the Gaetz Announcement Is Already Destroying the Government
With his Cabinet picks, Donald Trump is causing a civil-service exodus that may hobble federal infrastructure for generations.
Alex Jones Just Went Somewhere Else
The Infowars founder is already broadcasting his conspiracy theories on a new site.
The Onion’s Most Trenchant Headline
The satirical site’s announcement that it is acquiring Alex Jones’s Infowars created confusion—and perfectly captured the media world we’re living in.
Tulsi Gabbard’s Nomination Is a National-Security Risk
The Senate can stop her.
Democracy Is Not Over
Americans who care about democracy have every right to feel appalled and frightened. But then they have work to do.
The Not-So-Woke Generation Z
The same young people once derided as liberal snowflakes are moving to the right.
I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is
What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis.
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