The Slow Progress of Baseball
What’s changed, and what’s stayed the same
Protest in Trump 2.0 Looks Different
Demonstrations have gotten smaller and more dispersed in Trump’s second term. Is that a bad thing?
Reclaim Imperfect Faces
Technology isn’t just changing the way we look—it’s changing our sense of how we should look.
Trump Is Gaslighting Us
Trump is an agent of chaos, and chaos has a human cost.
Foreign Tourists Are Taking Trump at His Word
Deliberately insulting other countries is bad for the U.S. economy.
Why Canadians Are Better Than Americans at Protesting Trump Right Now
A unified movement like “Buy Canadian” is hard to find in America.
Wall Street Blew It
Investors discounted everything Trump has ever said about trade and tariffs. We’re all going to pay for that mistake.
Make Smuggling Great Again
Canada’s ultimate retaliation for Trump’s tariffs will be to turn ordinary Americans who cross the border to shop for cheaper goods into latter-day bootleggers.
The Unending Trouble With TikTok
President Trump once again extended the app’s lifeline in America. Will this ever end?
What’s Next for America’s Largest Creative-Writing Conference
Trump’s executive orders have made it downstream to authors.
Trump Has Already Botched His Own Bad Tariff Plan
Once you’ve said you might negotiate, nobody is going to believe you when you change your mind and say you’ll never negotiate.
The Man Out to Prove How Dumb AI Still Is
François Chollet has constructed the ultimate test for the bots.
The Trump Team Has a Double Standard on State Secrets
Officials have been careless with sensitive information while claiming that innocuous facts can’t be public.
Defying the Courts Will Backfire
The public has not responded kindly to other politicians who have tried this in the past.
RFK Jr.’s 18th-Century Idea About Mental Health
The health secretary’s clearest plans for psychiatric treatment are a retreat to the past.
Jonathan Majors Is Looking for Redemption. Will He Find It?
The actor wants back in the industry’s good graces, but his new movie, Magazine Dreams—and the surrounding press tour—isn’t enough.
Photos of the Week: Snow Leopard, Fire Fight, Cherry Blossoms
Eid al-Fitr prayers in Senegal, a new volcanic eruption in southwestern Iceland, the Ogoh-ogoh festival in Indonesia, the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in Myanmar, and much more
The Hottest Thing in Clean Energy
Little of America’s energy comes from geothermal sources, but that could change quickly.
Who Needs Intimacy?
Influential novelists are imagining what women’s lives might look like without the demands of partners and children.
Democrats Have a Problem
They can’t stop talking about their problems.
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