Democrats Need to Clean House
The problem with the party goes way beyond the $10 words.
The Teen-Disengagement Crisis
By middle school, many kids’ interest in learning falls off a cliff. The ripple effects could last for years.
The Job Market Is Frozen
Unemployment is low, but workers aren’t quitting and businesses aren’t hiring. What’s going on?
The Hostage I Knew
Oded Lifshitz would have said to look unflinchingly on Israeli and Palestinian pain.
The Adolescent Style in American Politics
The version of manhood placed on display by Trump and his aides is the one imagined by teenage boys.
Law and Order for Some
An unsigned arrest warrant for a Republican congressman reveals the unequal pursuit of justice in Washington, D.C.
Elon Musk Thinks Democrats Should Love DOGE
Isn’t everyone in favor of efficiency?
Dear James: What If Life’s Problems Are Alcohol’s Fault?
I, for one, have felt the benefits of cutting back.
Why the Left Should Embrace Pronatalism
If concerns about population decline are sometimes overstated, the effects of an aging society are genuinely troubling from a prosocial point of view.
Bird Strike
A short story
Winners of the 2025 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest
A collection of some of this year’s winning and honored underwater images
Goodbye to Baseball’s Most Anachronistic Rule
I miss it already.
Hamas’s Theater of the Macabre
The terrorist group has dragooned its hostages, Jewish and not, into perverse performance art.
The Axis of Resistance Keeps Getting Smaller
Iran may be losing its grip on Iraq, too.
America Now Has a Minister of Culture
Trump seeks to emulate JFK’s Camelot. But bending American culture to his will might not be as easy as he thinks.
The Human-Neanderthal Love-Story Mystery
How a pandemic travel restriction led to a revolutionary discovery about early humans
‘It’s a Psyop’: Inside Elon Musk’s Empty Ultimatum
Trump’s billionaire enforcer told federal workers they needed to justify themselves—or else. Then the administration changed its mind.
What Would a Liberal Tea Party Look Like?
Democrats might have a chance to replicate the energy of the 2009 grassroots movement—if they actually want to.
Six Older Books That Deserve to Be Popular Today
In recent years, these titles have found themselves justifiably rescued from oblivion.
The Obvious Inefficiency of Elon Musk’s New Order
DOGE is wasting time and money on what makes sense only as a troll or a publicity stunt.