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The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn’t as Bad as You’ve Heard—It’s Worse

Humanity is set to start shrinking several decades ahead of schedule.

The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine

How the left ended up disbelieving the science

With the Big, Beautiful Bill, You Can Now Sponsor a Billionaire of Your Choosing

Remember the Adopt a Highway program? This is like that, except not really.

What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane

Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.

The Conservative Attack on Empathy

Sometimes emotions are the voice of one’s conscience, and shouldn’t be ignored.

The Rise of the ‘Club-Sandwich Generation’

America has more great-grandparents than ever. It also has a new caretaking challenge.

Liberals Are Going to Keep Losing at the Supreme Court

And they need to look elsewhere for constitutional change.

A Real Cancer in Washington

The quiet heroism of my friend in government

The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them

You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.

The Dark Poetry of the Bezos Wedding

Venice, a living museum of obscene wealth, was an apt place for his nuptials.

Trump Doesn’t Believe Anything. That’s Why He Wins.

Transactionalism is Trump’s secret weapon.

The Worst Sandwich Is Back

Wraps are popular again. So is a certain kind of physique.

The World Economy Is on the Brink of Epochal Change

Capitalism’s operating system is due for a major upgrade. How that turns out depends on enormously consequential political choices.

A Sea Story

One of the worst maritime disasters in European history took place in 1994. It remains very much in the public eye. On a stormy night on the Baltic Sea, more than 850 people lost their lives when a luxurious ferry sank below the waves. From a mass of material, including official and unofficial reports and survivor testimony, our correspondent has distilled an account of the Estonia’s last moments—part of his continuing coverage for the magazine of anarchy on the high seas.

The Nobel Prize Winner Who Thinks We Have the Universe All Wrong

Cosmologists are fighting over everything.

America’s Lonely Future

What happens when the nation takes a zero-sum approach to the world?

Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think

Here’s how to make the most of it.

America’s Incarceration Rate Is About to Fall Off a Cliff

Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.

What Are Emoji?

Unpacking the 🍑, the ️🤡, and the 👍

The End of Publishing as We Know It

Inside Silicon Valley’s assault on the media