Has the Death of American Manufacturing Been Exaggerated?
The sector has shrunk, but remains a significant part of the economy.
Ideas 2017
Dispatches from the Aspen Ideas Festival/Spotlight Health
Charitable Giving Is Only a Small Part of What Foundations Do With Their Money
Most of their capital doesn’t wind up in grants, but in investments. Is the latter the key to maximum impact?
What Interacting With Robots Might Reveal About Human Nature
The most urgent question for people is not whether machines will take their jobs, but how machines will change the way they behave in society.
The Perils of Meritocracy
It’s one of the most loved ideas in American life. Perhaps, though, it should be one of the most resented.
A Columbia Professor's Critique of Campus Politics
John McWhorter argues that an influential minority of college students are misusing concepts like safe spaces and white supremacy as performative cudgels––and that administrators and faculty members ought to do more to teach them the errors of their ways.
A Call to Police Comity Among Political Allies, Not Opponents
Peter Wehner argues that “we need people within our own political tribe to point out the limitations and dangers of excessive political tribalism, and how it can become an obstacle to intellectual honesty.”
'The President ... Says What He Wants to Say'
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao tried to explain Donald Trump’s tweets about MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski.
Parents Share How They Protect Their Kids Online
Advice for anyone trying to figure out how to balance the perils of the digital world with its benefits.
DARPA's Ex-Leader's Speculative Dream of Mind-Melding Empathy
Arati Prabhakar imagines a neurologically enhanced future where everyone’s brains are connected.
Hamilton's Peaceful Protest
The show’s producer, Jeffrey Seller, explains how its November statement to Vice President-elect Mike Pence came about.