You’ve Probably Already Met Your Next Best Friend
The loneliness industry is trying to solve the wrong problem.
Trump’s Cosplay Cabinet
The president’s appointees often appear to be acting out a made-for-television version of their jobs rather than actually doing them.
The Gen Z Lifestyle Subsidy
In the 2010s, Millennials got cheap Ubers. Today’s young people are getting free SuperGrok.
Musk’s High-Tech Polygamy Is a Dead End
The billionaire’s vision of family is bad for women and children.
How Drug Cartels Took Over Social Media
Mexico’s gangs are influencers now.
A Hollywood Anachronism That Still Holds Up
The Legend of Ochi conjures the kinds of effects Hollywood rarely uses anymore.
Trump Administration to Judges: ‘We Will Find You’
The attorney general’s message to the judiciary is clear.
The Project 2025 Presidency
The blueprint for Trump 2.0 predicted much of what we’ve seen so far—and much of what’s to come.
A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
What Would Be Worse Than a Recession?
The loss of America’s economic hegemony
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit
Older Americans might be doing more child care than ever.
How the Trump Administration Flipped on Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Officials were developing a plan to get him back to the United States. Why did they stop?
The Knowledge That Brings True Happiness
Three principles to help you decide whether to go to college
‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’
The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.
Kleptocracy, Inc.
Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
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.
When a DNA Test Reveals Your Daughter Is Not Your Biological Child
A father reflects on an experience that is becoming more common.
Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.
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