You’re Being Alienated From Your Own Attention
Every single aspect of human life is being reoriented around the pursuit of attention.
America Needs to Radically Rethink What It Means to Be Old
As 100-year lifespans become more common, the time has come for a new approach to school, work, and retirement.
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Tulsi Gabbard
Other than raw ambition, only one through line is perceptible in a switchbacking political career.
America Is Now Counting on You, Pete Hegseth
My advice for the incoming secretary of defense
Read These Six Books—Just Trust Us
Each title richly rewards readers who come in with little prior knowledge.
Evangelicals Made a Bad Trade
Hitching the evangelical wagon to Donald Trump has meant unhitching it from the life and teachings of Jesus.
The One Trump Pick Democrats Actually Like
Does Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination for labor secretary signal a shift in the GOP’s stance toward unions?
Americans Need to Party More
We’re not doing it as much as we used to. You can be the change we need.
Dear Therapist: I Was the Other Woman
I know I sound naive, but this wasn’t like a “normal” affair.
Why Reading Lolita in Tehran Holds Up
A new film vindicates Azar Nafisi’s humane literary ethos.
How the U.S. Gamed the Law of the Sea
It made itself bigger.
January 6ers Got Out of Prison—And Came to My Neighborhood
The strange new reality after Trump’s pardons
Capitulation Is Contagious
When fear spreads in a society, powerful people who know better are often the first to show their weakness.
MAGA Is Starting to Crack
Now that Trump is president again, the right’s moment of unity is over.
The January 6er Who Left Trumpism
Not every Capitol rioter was a card-carrying seditionist; some have regrets, and a few are even refusing a pardon. Jason Riddle is one.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
Reimagining the Meal
Dinner is whatever you want it to be, and that fact can be overwhelming or freeing.
Biden’s Middle East Legacy
Donald Trump inherits a Middle East that looks dramatically different from the one his administration left in 2021.
Is Moderate Drinking Okay?
“Every drink takes five minutes off your life.” Maybe the thought scares you. Personally, I find comfort in it.
Child Labor in America 100 Years Ago
In 1908, photographer Lewis Hine traveled across the U.S. to document child laborers and their workplaces. His portraits were used by reformers to drive legislation that would protect young workers or prohibit their employment.