The Ultimate Antidote to Toxic Behavior Online
Changing your perception and withholding your attention are great ways of regaining control over online abuse.
Trump’s Military Purge Has Washington Asking ‘Who’s Next?’
The president fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as part of a stunning shake-up across the military’s senior ranks.
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.
Photos of the Week: Goat Grabbing, Flying Fox, Elephant Orphanage
Widespread flooding in Kentucky, a Russian drone attack at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a mask festival in Latvia, Carnival costumes in Venice, and much more
Why Is Everyone Talking About Getting ‘Oneshotted’?
A slang term for the extremely online also serves as a weird mirror of the internet experience.
The Fantasy of a Nonprofit Dating App
Imagine if digital matchmakers had no financial incentives.
Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment
What Seamus Heaney gave me
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
‘Not My President’s Day’: Thousands Gather in Protest Against Trump
Images of some of yesterday’s nationwide anti-Trump rallies, ranging from Alaska and California to Massachusetts and Florida
The 25 Best Podcasts of 2023
The shows that kept listeners refreshing their apps this year
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.
The Mind of Donald Trump
Narcissism, disagreeableness, grandiosity—a psychologist investigates how Trump’s extraordinary personality might shape his possible presidency.
How Progressives Froze the American Dream
The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
How Trump Lost His Trade War
When the U.S. breaks its treaties, only China wins.
Read This Before You Buy That Sweater
Or at least read the tag
A Movie That Has Fun With the Inevitability of Death
The Monkey pairs its macabre sense of humor with an unsettling takeaway.
The Governor Who Stood Up to Trump
The president sees himself as national king, and every other American—including Maine Governor Janet Mills—as one of his quavering subjects.
The Care and Keeping of Raccoon Dogs
They should eat a varied diet—and they shouldn’t be allowed to escape.
Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’
The Republican nominee’s preoccupation with dictators, and his disdain for the American military, is deepening.
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