Why People Feel Nostalgic for Terrible Times
Some people miss the early, eerie first few months of the pandemic, when time seemed to have stopped.
‘Not My President’s Day’: Thousands Gather in Protest Against Trump
Images of some of yesterday’s nationwide anti-Trump rallies, ranging from Alaska and California to Massachusetts and Florida
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
The Dark History Behind Public Education
Schools weren’t meant to set you free, one political scientist argues.
DOGE’s Fuzzy Math
The department’s current efforts—and Musk’s obsession with fraud—are not likely to make a dent in the country’s deficit.
The Death of Government Expertise
Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree
One Climate Subsidy That Trump Could Get Behind
A tax credit for carbon capture has fans in the oil industry.
The New Globalism
How MAGA is reimagining foreign policy
Saturday Night Live Played the Wrong Greatest-Hits Reel
The sketch show’s much-hyped anniversary prime-time special suffered from a case of recency bias.
How the Woke Right Replaced the Woke Left
The hypocrisy of Trump’s language wars
The Erasing of American Science
How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?
The Man in the Midnight-Blue Six-Ply Italian-Milled Wool Suit
A perfect suit, made by an expert tailor out of superlative fabric, would do nothing less than transform me.
The Hidden Costs of Musk’s Washington Misadventure
Max Stier wants to improve the government. Elon Musk’s campaign against civil servants is making it worse.
When Robert Frost Was Bad
Before he became America’s most famous poet, he wrote some real howlers.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
Why Isn’t Congress Doing Anything?
Republicans are just fine with Elon Musk gutting the government.
How Progressives Broke the Government
Democrats’ cultural aversion to power has cleaved an opening for Trump.
January 6 Still Happened
The Trump administration can pardon the insurrectionists and delete pages of evidence. But it cannot hide what took place on that day.
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
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.