The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
The New Marriage of Unequals
Women are now more likely to marry a less-educated man than men are to marry a less-educated woman.
Are Blue Zones a Mirage?
The age detectives are fighting.
My Day Inside America’s Most Hated Car
The Cybertruck is a 7,000-pound Rorschach test.
The DOGE Plan That Endangers U.S. Revenue
Recent history provides clues about how IRS cuts may lose America money.
The End of College Life
If they persist, Donald Trump’s attacks on universities will destroy a cornerstone of American life.
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
Long COVID Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care
Access to clinics has only gotten patchier as attention to the disease has faded.
When I’m 84
The world still needs Ringo Starr.
The White Lotus Is the First Great Post-‘Woke’ Piece of Art
Mike White’s show wears its morality lightly.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
The Cost of Perfection
Modern women were told they could become stars by turning the camera onto their home life. But at what price?
What to Make of Miracles
In a new book, Elaine Pagels searches for the narrative origins of Jesus’s most wondrous acts.
Dear James: Make the Whistling Stop
My husband’s ceaseless noises are driving me mad.
Confessions of a Republican Exile
A longtime conservative, alienated by Trumpism, tries to come to terms with life on the moderate edge of the Democratic Party.
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
The Great Grocery Squeeze
How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
Why Sheinbaum Can Surrender to Trump
Canadian and European leaders push back against the U.S. because they have to listen to their voters. Mexico’s leader faces no penalty for ignoring hers.
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