Seventy Miles in Hell
The Darién Gap was once considered impassable. Now hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking treacherous terrain, violence, hunger, and disease to travel through the jungle to the United States.
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.
Read These Six Books—Just Trust Us
Each title richly rewards readers who come in with little prior knowledge.
The Online Porn Free-for-All Is Coming to an End
Three decades into the internet era, the Supreme Court finally appears ready to uphold age-verification laws.
Capitulation Is Contagious
When fear spreads in a society, powerful people who know better are often the first to show their weakness.
Americans Need to Party More
We’re not doing it as much as we used to. You can be the change we need.
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Tulsi Gabbard
Other than raw ambition, only one through line is perceptible in a switchbacking political career.
How the U.S. Gamed the Law of the Sea
It made itself bigger.
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
Biden’s Middle East Legacy
Donald Trump inherits a Middle East that looks dramatically different from the one his administration left in 2021.
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.
MAGA Is Starting to Crack
Now that Trump is president again, the right’s moment of unity is over.
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.
Blind Partisanship Does Not Actually Help Trump
The president is surrounding himself with people who may be television-ready but are not prepared to lead the country.
DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest
People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think.
Why Reading Lolita in Tehran Holds Up
A new film vindicates Azar Nafisi’s humane literary ethos.
The Age of Social Media Is Ending
It never should have begun.
What Orwell Didn’t Anticipate
George Orwell famously argued that clear language in politics can be a bulwark against oppression. But in the Trump era, his solution no longer holds.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Agony of Texting With Men
Many guys are bad at messaging their friends back—and it might be making them more lonely.