What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain
Excessive use of the drug can make anyone feel like they rule the world.
The World Can’t Keep Up With Its Garbage
Trash dumping is taking a devastating environmental toll—especially on poorer countries.
The Rise of the Brutal American
This is how the bad guys act.
Growing Up Murdoch
James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
Putin Won
The Russian dictator has bent the world, including the United States, to his vision.
The Real Cost of Backyard Eggs
Hens are wonderful to keep, but they lay the most expensive eggs you’ll ever buy.
At the NIH, Intolerance Will No Longer Be Tolerated
Jay Bhattacharya has spent years railing against the National Institutes of Health. What happens when he runs it?
Escaping Poverty Requires Almost 20 Years With Nearly Nothing Going Wrong
The MIT economist Peter Temin argues that economic inequality results in two distinct classes. And only one of them has any power.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
Trump Is Offering Putin Another Munich
Hitler didn’t want a peace deal, and neither does Putin.
The Age of Anti-Woke Overreach
Republicans are way overplaying their hand.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
The Teen-Disengagement Crisis
By middle school, many kids’ interest in learning falls off a cliff. The ripple effects could last for years.
Trump Is Breaking the Fourth Wall
Reality television helped propel Donald Trump to the White House. Now its conventions are helping him expand its powers.
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
A Sea Story
One of the worst maritime disasters in European history took place two decades ago. It remains very much in the public eye. On a stormy night on the Baltic Sea, more than 850 people lost their lives when a luxurious ferry sank below the waves. From a mass of material, including official and unofficial reports and survivor testimony, our correspondent has distilled an account of the Estonia’s last moments—part of his continuing coverage for the magazine of anarchy on the high seas.
I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is
What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis.
How to Be Your Best Despite the Passing Years
There is no age or time of life that isn’t still an opportunity for personal progress.
‘What the Hell Is Happening to Your Country?’
American allies don’t trust Trump with the intelligence they share.