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DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease

Cuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness.

How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap

For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.

An Old-School Pitching Coach Says I Told You So

Leo Mazzone was right about the undue focus on pitch velocity.

Tyre Nichols and the End of Police Reform

If a savage beating, captured on camera, cannot produce a murder conviction, the chances of fixing the police-brutality problem are very bleak.

Just Don’t Call Her Unqualified

Jeanine Pirro, Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., is a real prosecutor. She’s also a real MAGA partisan.

The Real Trump Family Business Is Crypto

The president's side hustle is proving to be very, very lucrative.

What It Costs to Get the Life You Want

The kind of freedom that Mavis Gallant’s characters seek can still be out of reach.

The Pope’s Most Revealing Choice So Far

By choosing the name Leo XIV, the pope has indicated that he won’t merely be progressive or conservative.

Canadian Ambassador: My Countrymen Are Angry and Frustrated With the U.S.

Kirsten Hillman talks Trump, trade, and the fraught future of the U.S.-Canada relationship.

What to Read to Understand Your Mom

These stories offer a starting point—and perhaps some insights—for those seeking perspective on their parent.

Trump Heads Back to Where He Started

The president’s visit to Saudi Arabia comes almost exactly eight years after his surreal first foray abroad.

The Not-at-All-Funny Life of Mark Twain

Ron Chernow’s biography dwells more on the wreck of a man than on his sublimely comic work.

The Partisan Mind Virus

Dismissing evidence that a politician might be unfit for office is as much a mistake for the right as it was for the left.

Photos of the Week: Mud Race, Met Gala, New Pope

Artistic swimming in Ontario, a bun-scrambling competition in Hong Kong, the Devils and Congos Festival in Panama, and much more

The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense

Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.

Israel Plunges Into Darkness

What Netanyahu describes as impending victory is a dive into the morass.

AI Is Not Your Friend

How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it

The Conclave Just Did the Unthinkable

What an American pope means for the Catholic Church and the world

The Big Focus on Federal Judges Is Not a Good Sign

Elevating them as individuals only serves Trump’s interests.

The MAHA Takeover Is Complete

Casey Means, Trump’s surgeon-general nominee, has a lot in common with RFK Jr.