How Protesters Became Content for the Cops
In 2025, protest policing in major US cities increasingly took on the character of a spectacle: overwhelming deployments, theatrical staging,...
This Playwright Has Seen the Future. It Isn’t Human.
“I try not to write dystopia,” the playwright Jordan Harrison said. “Because it’s boring. I like to sit in an...
The K-shaped economy of the rich doing fine and everyone else struggling is back — and it could mean a rocky 2026
The American economy is tipping away from low-wage workers once again. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty ImagesThe K-shaped economy has...
New Indiana law ends city’s 1999 lawsuit against gunmakers, court rules
A 26-year effort by the city of Gary, Indiana, to bring a dozen firearms manufacturers and distributors to court over...
9 European Exhibitions Worth Traveling For in 2026
Van Eyck: The Portraits National Gallery, London You probably know the famously complex image: a man with a giant black...
National Park Service to spend $54 million on landmark D.C. fountains
Work crews donning hard hats and erecting chain-link fences around some of Washington’s most famous — and long broken —...
Could 2026 be the year of the 4-day workweek? Here’s what top business leaders have predicted about the shift
Artificial intelligence’s rapid development in 2025 accelerated feelings of anxiety about the future—with worries about shrinking entry-level opportunities, rising electricity...
We’re Living Through the Great Detachment
When I was 17, I fell madly in love. We’d been casual friends for a few years, but on May...
It’s Likely That a Flashover Occurred During the Swiss Bar Fire. Here’s What That Means.
The cause of the fire that left dozens dead at a bar in Switzerland in the early hours of Thursday...
How student loans and financial aid are changing in 2026
The landscape for financial aid is about to change. In 2026, the federal government will curb access to billions of...
