Migrants Are Heading South
For years, millions of people traveled through Central America north to the United States. Now that flow is changing direction.
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 Harem of Elon Musk
The DOGE leader is offering the Republican Party a very different vision of fatherhood.
Erdoğan Sets His Sights on Israel
If Trump wants to prevent another regional conflict, calling Turkey’s president a “friend” won’t cut it.
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.
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.
The Photographer Undoing the Myth of Appalachia
For Stacy Kranitz, replacing negative stereotypes with a triumphant counternarrative would be too easy.
The Perfect Pop Star for a Dumb Stunt
Katy Perry is exactly the kind of celebrity to go to space.
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
The Lies About Josh Shapiro Have Consequences
An attack on the Pennsylvania governor shows the dangers of tendentious misrepresentations.
Trump Is Flirting With Economic Disaster
By threatening the independence of the Federal Reserve, the president risks undermining many of his key goals.
Kleptocracy, Inc.
Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
America’s Mad King
The president has grown more impulsive, more vindictive, and more anarchic.
The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation Flights
A CFO turned activist has become a go-to source for understanding the administration’s immigration crackdown.
Grandparenting Is Changing
As grandparents take on more caregiving, their relationships with both their kids and their grandkids may start to look different.
A Trade War With China Is a Very Bad Idea
Yes, the U.S. has the larger consumer economy. No, that won’t be enough to avoid major (and majorly self-inflicted) pain.
When Women Choose Children Over a Career
“I went to a job interview after my first daughter was born and cried the whole way home.”
The Triumph of a Film That Flips on Us Halfway In
Sinners slowly drops its period-drama trappings to become something much scarier.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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