The Feminine Pursuit of Swoleness
Casey Johnston’s new book, A Physical Education, considers how weight lifting can help you unlearn diet culture.
That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
The Whole Country Is Starting to Look Like California
Housing prices are rising fast in red and purple states known for being easy places to build. How can that be?
They Didn’t Have to Do This
By passing Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into an incomprehensibly reckless plan.
Chinese Students Feel a Familiar Chill in America
Surveillance, censorship, detention were things to worry about back home. Now they’re here.
RFK Jr.’s Confusing Disdain for Medicaid
The health secretary is cheering on cuts that would worsen America’s health woes.
Trump’s Betrayal of Ukraine
Bridget Brink, the former ambassador to Ukraine, on that country’s war with Russia, America’s betrayal of Ukraine, and why she resigned
My Family’s Slave
She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.
A Big, Bad, Very Ugly Bill
“Beautiful” it is not.
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.
How Happy Couples Argue
They don’t try to control each other. They try to control themselves.
Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think
Here’s how to make the most of it.
The End of Hooters
Can the breastaurant survive?
Twenty-Four Hours of Authoritarianism
Donald Trump had a very busy Tuesday.
Why Can’t Americans Sleep?
Insomnia has become a public-health emergency.
The Patriotic Punk
Listen to Jeffrey Goldberg’s interview with Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphys.
A Classic Childhood Pastime Is Fading
Kids on bikes once filled the streets. Not anymore.
The Bad Bunny Video That Captures the Cost of Gentrification
The artist’s latest project transforms an unconventional figure into a symbol.
The Worst Kind of Writing About Young Adulthood
On finding the line between ogling and empathizing
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