Americans Need to Party More
We’re not doing it as much as we used to. You can be the change we need.
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
Doomed to Be a Tradwife
Can a marriage ever truly be equal?
The Intellectual Rationalization for Annexing Greenland
Donald Trump’s defenders have little choice but to cast his trolling as a clever geopolitical stratagem.
A Novel That Performs an Incomplete Resurrection
Lily Tuck’s attempt to bring to life a victim of the Holocaust turns her into a prosecutor, not a novelist.
Altadena After the Fire
The pain of one of the last middle-class towns in Los Angeles
Trump Is Right That Pax Americana Is Over
But will he bother to build something new?
Elon Has Appointed Himself King of the World
After helping Trump win the election, the world’s richest man is turning his attention to Europe.
The Agony of Texting With Men
Many guys are bad at messaging their friends back—and it might be making them more lonely.
Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment
America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.
Working Mom Arrested for Letting Her 9-Year-Old Play Alone at Park
A South Carolina woman thought it was better than forcing her kid to sit at McDonald's all day. Now the state has taken custody.
You’re Going to Die. That’s a Good Thing.
If you can accept your mortality, you will feel more alive.
Watch—And Rewatch—This 215-Minute Film
The Brutalist’s ambitious gamble with the audience mostly pays off.
Trump Is Facing a Catastrophic Defeat in Ukraine
If Ukraine falls, it will be hard to spin as anything but a debacle for the United States, and for its president.
Is Anyone Shocked by Babygirl?
Don’t look to Nicole Kidman for a frank accounting of what sexual domination looks like.
The Message in the Sky Over Los Angeles
What it means to go from smog to smoke
A Palestinian American Sex and the City
Betty Shamieh’s debut novel is a rebellious rom-com.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
The Unfightable Fire
The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting.