The Nuclear Club Might Soon Double
As American power recedes, South Korea, Japan, and a host of other countries may pursue the bomb.
Why Evangelicals Turned Their Back on PEPFAR
A religious movement that has so often taken public stands has been unusually quiet since Trump gutted the program to combat AIDS in Africa.
The Man Who Thinks Medicaid Cuts Won’t Cut Medicaid
In Kevin Hassett, the Trump administration has picked an especially unfortunate spokesperson.
We Expect Too Much From Our Romantic Partners
A new book explores how marriage has changed in recent years, and why that’s made staying married harder.
Why Can’t Americans Sleep?
Insomnia has become a public-health emergency.
Dear Therapist: My Daughter Doesn’t Care That I Want Her to Live Closer to Home
I don’t think she truly understands the impact that seeing her only once or twice a year is having on us.
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.
A Day in the Life of the Gen Z Worker
Are you sure these are new workplace trends? Are you sure you aren’t just describing a routine phenomenon in an alarmed way?
How Much Worse Is This Going to Get?
Political violence poses an existential threat to our nation and our freedoms—but it’s not too late.
I Fought Plastic. Plastic Won.
My futile quest to avoid the material that my entire world is made out of
Who’s Running American Defense Policy?
Trump’s national-security institutions are still in disorder.
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.
How Public Health Discredited Itself
To earn back the respect of Americans, the profession needs to return to its original principles.
The Inscrutable Supreme Court
Six justices rewarded the Trump administration’s bad behavior—and they did not even tell the American people why.
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 Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine
How the left ended up disbelieving the science
The U.S. Is Switching Sides
Donald Trump is giving Vladimir Putin every incentive to keep killing Ukrainians.
Dear James: I’m 19 and Afraid of Dying Alone
Any advice?
‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy
The pursuit of achievement distracts from the deeply ordinary activities and relationships that make life meaningful.
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.
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