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Who Counts as a Hillbilly—And Who Gets to Decide?

Appalachia exists as much in myth as in literal geography.

My Mom’s Guide to the Art of Living

Learning how to experience things more fully is a key to greater happiness.

What Trump Is Really After in the Middle East

Don’t let “Trump Gaza” fool you.

The Five Eyes Have Noticed

The intelligence community watches as Trump shakes up the world order.

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.

The Problem With Optimism in a Crisis

If you’re alarmed by Donald Trump’s hoarding of executive power and efforts to dismantle the federal government, then maybe you should be.

The Island Nation Whose History Reflects America’s

Rich Benjamin’s new book reveals a shared spirit between the world’s first Black republic and the United States.

It’s Weird That Eggs Were Ever Cheap

What were we thinking, buying so many of these fragile, messy, remarkable ovals?

The Democrats’ Working-Class Problem Gets Its Close-Up

A group that spent heavily to defeat Trump is now devoting millions to study voters who were once aligned with the Democratic Party but have since strayed.

How Ross Douthat’s Proselytizing Falls Short

The columnist’s new book, Believe, argues for religion from a rational perspective. It won’t make a believer out of me.

Grad School Is in Trouble

The latest signal that the future of the university is under threat

Control. Alt. Delete.

Government via keyword is not “efficiency.” It is an abuse of power.

Tax Season Just Got More Confusing

The IRS was starting to modernize—then the Trump administration intervened.

Jeff Bezos’s Hypocritical Assertion of Power

His decision will only make The Washington Post a weaker institution.

Here’s Who Will Win at the 2025 Oscars

And who should win

How Sam Altman Could Break Up Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Two of the most powerful tech executives in the world are desperate for the president’s approval.

The Dangers of Philo-Semitism

In a new book, Pankaj Mishra twists Holocaust remembrance into a source of all the world’s evil. He couldn’t be more wrong.

Did Russia Invade Ukraine? Is Putin a Dictator? We Asked Every Republican Member of Congress

Two simple questions, few straight answers

Don’t Blame Zelensky

The Ukrainian president isn’t the problem.

The Deportation Show

With its ASMR videos of people being forced out of the country, the White House is turning suffering into entertainment.