What Sam Shepard Couldn’t Outrun
The actor, playwright, and self-made cowboy was also a poet of masculine angst.
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
Who’s Ready to Think About Blocking Out the Sun?
The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition.
California Is Tired of Letting People Die
Long-term involuntary treatment is back. Is it working?
An Anatomy of the MAGA Mind
Under Trump, post-liberal intellectuals have abandoned tradition for radicalism and scholarship for vulgarity.
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
What the Deported Venezuelans Went Through in El Salvador
Forty men sent to El Salvador by the Trump administration have shared disturbing accounts of abuse by a regime that America paid to imprison them.
This Beautiful Confusion
A poem
Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
Tilting the Playing Field
Trump and his allies seem to want to transform American politics into a system for producing Republican victory.
The Fantastical Storytelling of Nollywood Movies
Nigerian epic thrillers, Chimamanda Adichie’s books, and more culture and entertainment recommendations
What Happens When Attention Seeking Eclipses Policy Making
In the sweep of history, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s time in Congress will be a blip.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
Trump Under Pressure
Panelists joined to discuss events of the past month—and what they could mean for the president’s influence over Republicans.
What to Do When Your Friends Disappoint You
A “friendship breakup” isn’t always the answer.
The Shutdown Is Over, but Its Damage Is Not
Its effects will linger for some time.
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
The Intellectual and Moral Decline of the American Right
The conservative backlash against Nick Fuentes has yet to challenge the president who had him over for dinner.
Why Donald Trump Seems Taken With Zohran Mamdani
The president likes winners. And the mayor-elect proved he can charm a foe.
Border Patrol’s Chaotic Week in North Carolina
Agents swept in and left residents to sort through fear, fact, and fiction.