The Ultimate Antidote to Toxic Behavior Online
Changing your perception and withholding your attention are great ways of regaining control over online abuse.
The Fantasy of a Nonprofit Dating App
Imagine if digital matchmakers had no financial incentives.
The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer’s Remorse
With every new policy and offhand remark, Trump belies the imaginary versions of himself that inspired...
The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping
Despite ever-higher sticker prices, the real cost of getting a degree has been going down.
Americans Are Stuck. Who’s to Blame?
Yoni Appelbaum on his new book, Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine...
The End of the Postwar World
Trump and Vance are sending a dark message to America’s allies.
The Trump World Order
In the MAGA vision of the national interest, might will make right.
This Is What Happens When the DOGE Guys Take Over
Inside the federal agencies where Elon Musk’s people have seized control, fear and uncertainty reign.
A Terrible Milestone in the American Presidency
Trump switches sides in the war for freedom.
A Trump Cabinet Pick Gets a Rare GOP Grilling
The fate of Lori Chavez-DeRemer could show whether Trump will soften the party’s long-standing opposition to...
DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data
The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many...
The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Directly From Trump Officials
NIH officials said they were given no advance warning and less than an hour to post...
A Cautionary Tale for Trump Appointees
The evidence of the past few days suggests they are all deluding themselves.
Intimidating Americans Will Not Work
Trump is punishing Americans who don’t say the words he likes best. That’s not how it...
Trump Hands the World to China
Xi Jinping could only have dreamed of such rapid destruction of American power.
Incompetence Leavened With Malignity
The Trump administration’s Ukraine policy is liable to end in disaster.
Why People Feel Nostalgic for Terrible Times
Some people miss the early, eerie first few months of the pandemic, when time seemed to...
Trump Could Start a New Pipeline Fight
A tax credit for carbon capture has fans in the oil industry.
A Divorce Memoir With No Lessons
Haley Mlotek’s new book provides neither catharsis nor remedies for heartache, but rather a tender exploration...
Who Is Running the United States, Musk or Trump?
In an interview with Sean Hannity, three men demonstrated that they have no idea how American...
The New, Unsettling Truth at the Heart of 'Yellowjackets'
Its characters can never truly escape danger, in the past or present.
DOGE’s Fuzzy Math
The department’s current efforts—and Musk’s obsession with fraud—are not likely to make a dent in the...
“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...
January 6 Still Happened
The Trump administration can pardon the insurrectionists and delete pages of evidence. But it cannot hide...
When Robert Frost Was Bad
Before he became America’s most famous poet, he wrote some real howlers.
Want to Change Your Personality? Have a Baby.
I knew that becoming a parent would change me—but I had no idea how.
How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right
Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and...
The Dark History Behind Public Education
Schools weren’t meant to set you free, one political scientist argues.
Flaco Lives
Visiting the New York Historical’s new exhibit on a tragically deceased celebrity owl
Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views
The First Amendment forbids widespread loyalty purges.
America Opens the Door to Its Adversaries
U.S. foes will find plenty of opportunities in the chaos engulfing Washington.
‘The Gulf of America’ Is the Wrong Fight to Pick
The more that politicians mess around with place names, the more important it is to respond...
A Blatant Violation of Legal Ethics
DOJ lawyers pride themselves on working for an organization that is unique among federal agencies in...
The Real Problem With DOGE’s AI Plans
Unlike an army of human bureaucrats, an army of AI agents could, almost on a whim,...
The Failed Promise of the New Captain America
The first intriguing Marvel sequel in years quickly wastes its potential.
Growing Up Murdoch
James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire
The Erasing of American Science
How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?
The Fantasy of a More Neighborly Past
Sun City offers evidence that Americans’ widespread isolation began long before they became absorbed in their...
Seven Books That Capture How Love Really Feels
These books are all exquisite arguments for the necessity of stories about romance.
The Opposition Is Already Growing
Trump is getting substantial pushback, both from the courts and from other pockets of civic life.
The Rich Tourists Who Want More, and More, and More
Can anything satisfy the guests of The White Lotus?
Photos of the Week: Eagle Fight, Moon Dog, Ice Castles
Slime-covered capybaras in Argentina, a chaotic fireworks festival in Taiwan, the day of the patron saint...
Why Isn’t Congress Doing Anything?
Republicans are just fine with Elon Musk gutting the government.
