Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender
He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.
A Close Reading of Trump’s Statement on Attending His Son’s Wedding
Trump’s funniest riff ever?
Homeland Security’s Plan to Squeeze International Flights
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told travel executives he may target airports in cities that don’t help ICE.
The New Blood Libel
This is what globalizing the intifada looks like.
The Men Who Want Women to Be Quiet
A virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American right.
Colleges Are at a Breaking Point
The AI job market has made tuition look like a dubious investment. But it only exposes the deeper identity crisis in American higher education.
What’s Behind the New Trump Child-Savings Accounts
The policy has bipartisan appeal—but there are factors that could inhibit its success.
The Typo Vibe Shift
To some, they’re no longer a sign of laziness but proof of human touch.
Trump Is Missing the Entire Point of Arches
For American artists and architects, the structures embody the virtues and vulnerabilities of the republic. The president’s proposal breaks the pattern.
What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat
For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.
Dinah’s Hat
A short story
Hit Them Where It Hurts
Asking Black athletes to sacrifice for the greater good could reshape college sports and national politics alike. But it won’t be so easy.
This Literary AI Scandal Changes Everything
A magazine’s response to accusations of publishing AI-generated fiction points to a new phase in the struggle to keep literature human.
The Richest Cat in the World
Did Karl Lagerfeld really leave millions to his blue-cream Birman, Choupette?
The Secret to Winning on Jeopardy
Know a little about a lot.
The Real Reason Thomas Massie Lost
He broke the one rule of the MAGA Republican Party.
My Son’s Hockey Team and the Crisis of American Resentment
For-profit companies are buying up the rituals of American childhood and selling them back to parents.
What the 18th Century Can Teach the 21st
Britain had a revolution too—slower and quieter than America’s. Did the British do it better?
A Department of Justice for an Age of Conspiracy Theories
DOJ is now very much an active participant in the online discourse that promotes and perpetuates ideas that are barely connected to reality.
The Challenge for American Jews
Progressive alliances are weakening, political identities are shifting, and emotional ties to Israel are being strained. What now?
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