Winners of the 2025 World Nature Photography Awards
Some of the top nature photography featured in this year’s competition
Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
There Are No More Red Lines
Welcome to the Great Emboldening.
The Tiny Film That Dominated the Oscars
Anora swept the awards, proving that Hollywood’s biggest night could still recognize indie movies.
When You’re MAGA, They Let You Do It
Why Trumpworld is just fine with Andrew Tate’s violent misogyny
Did Russia Invade Ukraine? Is Putin a Dictator? We Asked Every Republican Member of Congress
Two simple questions, few straight answers
The Human-Neanderthal Love-Story Mystery
How a pandemic travel restriction led to a revolutionary discovery about early humans
The Washington Post Is Dying a Death of Despair
The demise of an independent press in the United States might not look much like what readers expect.
DEI Has Lost All Meaning
We can’t debate its merits when we don’t agree on what it is.
How to Lose an Oscar in 10 Days
The star of the year’s most nominated film torpedoed her chance to win the trophy—in audacious fashion.
The Rise of the Anti-Fan
Artists are transforming the pop culture they can’t stand into impressive original works of their own.
The Teen-Disengagement Crisis
By middle school, many kids’ interest in learning falls off a cliff. The ripple effects could last for years.
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
My Mom’s Guide to the Art of Living
Learning how to experience things more fully is a key to greater happiness.
Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation
The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.
Google X and the Science of Radical Creativity
How the secretive Silicon Valley lab is trying to resurrect the lost art of invention
Growing Up Murdoch
James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
The Key Mismatch Between Zelensky and Trump
What the world saw at the White House on Friday was not just a realignment of America’s foreign policy, but a clash of two incompatible styles.
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