Tesla’s Remarkably Bad Quarter Is Even Worse Than It Looks
Reality is catching up with Elon Musk.
How Drug Cartels Took Over Social Media
Mexico’s gangs are influencers now.
What Porn Taught a Generation of Women
It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.
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.
What Porn Did to American Culture
Sophie Gilbert discusses how the industry defined womanhood, sex, and power.
Trump Administration to Judges: ‘We Will Find You’
The attorney general’s message to the judiciary is clear.
Trump Brings Britain’s ‘Moron Premium’ to the U.S. Economy
What America might have learned, but didn’t, from Britain’s 2022 financial-markets debacle
I’ve Seen How This Plays Out for Ukraine
Appeasement won’t stop Putin.
What Would Be Worse Than a Recession?
The loss of America’s economic hegemony
The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation Flights
A CFO turned activist has become a go-to source for understanding the administration’s immigration crackdown.
America’s Mad King
The president has grown more impulsive, more vindictive, and more anarchic.
‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’
The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.
The Gen Z Lifestyle Subsidy
In the 2010s, Millennials got cheap Ubers. Today’s young people are getting free SuperGrok.
The Seven Social-Media Commandments
How to use social media without it using you
Why Has America Ignored Its Best Addiction Treatment?
Buprenorphine can stop cravings for opioids, yet its uptake in the U.S. has stagnated.
What If China Wins the Trade War?
The United States could still prevail if it does everything right. The problem is that the Trump administration is doing everything wrong.
A New Way to Read Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald never explicitly states Jay Gatsby’s race.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
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.
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.
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