The Jim Crow Economy Is the True Horror in Sinners
The film illustrates the near-impossibility of upward mobility during the segregation era.
Marvel Doesn’t Have to Try So Hard
The new film Thunderbolts* understands that bigger does not mean better.
Everything Is the ‘Twitter Files’ Now
The State Department is using Elon Musk’s playbook.
Inside Mike Waltz’s White House Exit
Signalgate was the national security adviser’s most glaring mistake. But his problems ran deeper.
The End of the ‘Generic’ Grocery-Store Brand
They’re no longer terrible—in fact, they’re often the draw.
What Parents of Boys Should Know
Daughters tend to receive higher levels of affection and patience at home than sons. But the sons might need it more.
America’s Pro-Disease Movement
How the Trump administration is worsening a public-health crisis
The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
Autocracy Crushed My Alma Mater. Then I Got to Columbia.
Smolny College is a warning.
A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
Trump’s Tariffs Are Coming for Your Chili Crisp
What will happen to the Chinese grocery store?
The Trump Voters Who Like What They See
“Even if they don’t agree with everything he’s doing, he’s doing something.”
Trump Is Fulfilling Kissinger’s Dream
The president is not the first American leader to disregard the role of morality in foreign policy, but he’s taking things much further than anyone has before.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
Six Books You’ll Want to Read Outdoors
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
How the U.S. Lost the Canadian Election
Trump’s threats to annex Canada reversed its political trend—but they should not reverse its commitment to free trade.
The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color
The ecstasy of “olo”
The New Divide in American Marriage
College graduates are marrying at high rates. Everyone else isn’t.
Trump’s ‘Secretary of Retribution’
A retired soldier turned election denier is keeping a list of the former president’s “deep state” enemies.
I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.