The End of Airport Shoe-Screening Is Populism Theater
A hated policy is over. But why?
David Simon and the Audacity of Despair
Zohran Mamdani Reveals the Absurdity of Affirmative Action
Is the nominee for New York City mayor “African American”? Wrong question.
What the Next Phase of Trump’s Presidency Will Look Like
The president got his “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Can he sell it to voters?
Dear Therapist: Why Can’t My Wife Pretend to Like My Family?
I feel like I am stuck in a fight I don’t want to have.
How to Be Happy Growing Older
Your future will probably be better than your past.
The Jubilation in Israel Is Premature
The military strikes on Iran were impressive, but they haven’t brought the war to an end.
The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine
How the left ended up disbelieving the science
How the Grateful Dead Nearly Solved the Problem With Live Music
The band’s innovative sound system made them sound better than ever. It also nearly broke them.
America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This
Trump’s Qatari jet was just the beginning.
Men Might Be the Key to an American Baby Boom
Fertility policy has a big missing piece.
The Nobel Prize Winner Who Thinks We Have the Universe All Wrong
Cosmologists are fighting over everything.
The Reality Show That Captures Gen Z Dating
This season of Love Island USA is a romance competition with very little romance.
He Spent His Life Trying to Prove That He Was a Loyal U.S. Citizen. It Wasn’t Enough.
How Joseph Kurihara lost his faith in America
The Talented Mr. Vance
J. D. Vance could have brought the country’s conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power.
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.
An Inhospitable Land
When the earth drinks in the last of the floodwaters, the places that remain will be different than they were before—turned sacred by overwhelming loss.
Baby Boomers’ Luck Is Running Out
After a lifetime of good fortune, the generation has become vulnerable at exactly the wrong moment.
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.
Why American Workers Now Dress So Casually
The office was, until a few decades ago, the last stronghold of fashion formality. Silicon Valley changed that.