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Welcome to the Mafia Presidency

That’s a nice business you’ve got there.

The Whole Country Is Starting to Look Like California

Housing prices are rising fast in red and purple states known for being easy places to build. How can that be?

Lamentations

A short story

A Writer Who Slows Down the Speed-Reader

Culture and entertainment musts from Ashley Parker

Where the Crawdads Sing Author Wanted for Questioning in Murder

A televised 1990s killing in Zambia has striking similarities to Delia Owens’s best-selling book turned movie.

Surviving Anxiety

I've tried therapy, drugs, and booze. Here’s how I came to terms with the nation's most common mental illness.

They Didn’t Have to Do This

By passing Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into an incomprehensibly reckless plan.

Ken Casey: ‘I’m Not Going to Shut Up’

A conversation with the Dropkick Murphys front man about punk, politics, and Donald Trump

A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement

Both parents and adult children often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century.

The Reality My Medicaid Patients Face

With work requirements in place, many will be removed from Medicaid even though they should qualify.

What Moving Your Body Can Mean

Sometimes it takes a new community or type of exercise to reset your relationship with working out.

Why China Isn’t a Bigger Player in the Middle East

Iran and Israel came to blows, and Beijing mostly ducked.

Your Sweaters Are Garbage

The quality of knitwear has cratered. Even expensive sweaters have lost their hefty, lush glory.

The AI Birthday Letter That Blew Me Away

Google is ushering in an era of custom chatbots.

The Making of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle

How the novelist turned the violence and randomness of war into a cosmic joke

Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think

Here’s how to make the most of it.

What Trump—And the U.S.—Can’t Understand About Air Strikes

American leaders refuse to learn from allies and overestimate the benefits of showy tactical attacks.

The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine

How the left ended up disbelieving the science

Trump World’s Wizard of Oz Problem

Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon don’t speak for Trump or his base. So why do people think they do?

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.