ChatGPT Turned Into a Studio Ghibli Machine. How Is That Legal?
Three possible arguments against the tech company
A Different Way to Think About Medicine’s Most Stubborn Enigma
A new book shows that dementia isn’t just a loss, and memory is much more than recollection.
The Wrong Way to Motivate Your Kid
When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse.
The Terrible Optics of ICE Enforcement Are Fueling a Trump Immigration Backlash
The president was elected, in part, on a pledge to crack down on immigration. But he may be overinterpreting his mandate.
Is the AfD Too Extreme for Democracy?
Germany’s far-right party hates immigration, and some of its leaders have a disturbing tendency to say things that sound Nazi-curious.
The Ultimate Bait and Switch of Trump’s Tariffs
How to understand the phony trade deals with Britain and China
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Plane
Donald Trump is in talks to accept a $400 million gift from Qatar—presumably not simply out of generosity.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap
For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.
What the U.K. Deal Reveals About Trump’s Trade Strategy
The United States is settling for a tiny fraction of what it could have achieved through traditional free-trade agreements.
Retirement Is the New Resistance
The Democrats waging war on their gerontocracy
Trump Sides With the Israeli People Against Netanyahu
Most Israelis want to end the war, but their prime minister does not.
25 of the Best Horror Films You Can Watch, Ranked by Scariness
This list should have something for everyone, no matter your fear-tolerance level.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel
In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift
Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce
Food safety in America is under attack.
Russia Is in Demographic Free Fall. Putin Isn’t Helping.
The Russian president is enacting one of the world’s most extreme natalism programs—and one of the weirdest.
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.