From Mainstream to MAGA in Two Easy Steps
From the vantage point of a decade ago, Donald Trump’s current command over the Republican establishment today would be difficult...
Are Your Summer Travel Plans Doomed?
The Great Travel Meltdown of 2026 started taking shape at the end of February. At first, the U.S. war against...
This Is What Fully Automated School Looks Like
William Liu is grateful that he finished high school when he did. If the latest AI tools had been around...
A Ye Comeback? Already?
When canceled became a common label applied to basically anyone who’d done anything to offend anyone, it had many unfortunate...
J. D. Vance’s Focus as ‘Fraud Czar’ Comes With Baggage
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What Will Humanity Do With the Moon?
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Reasons to be Hopeful in Iran
President Trump used to quip that Iran “never won a war, but never lost a negotiation.” Perhaps this view explains...
Claude Mythos Is Everyone’s Problem
For the past several weeks, Anthropic says it secretly possessed a tool potentially capable of commandeering most computer servers in...
The Biggest Hope for Curing Autoimmune Disease
By the time Fabian Müller met the patient at the center of his newest research paper, he was fairly certain...
The Art of the (New) Deal
To forge a new social contract is one thing. To explain it to people is another. The bureaucrats of the...
What China Just Learned From the Iran War
China stands to learn a lot from the war in Iran. Red lines and deadlines imposed by the United States,...
Winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest
Narendra Shrestha / EPA ImagesWest, Central, and South Asia, Singles—Nepal’s Gen Z Uprising: Fire and smoke engulf Singha Durbar after...
Replicating the ‘Mississippi Miracle’ Won’t Be Easy
No story has caught the imagination of education reformers this decade quite like the “Mississippi miracle.” From 1998 to 2024,...
‘This City Will Always Pursue You’
A love-it-or-leave-it feature of Nancy Lemann’s distinctive, dreamy style is that she often repeats herself. Images, events, and turns of...
The Democratic Campaign That Begins With an Apology
Democrats in Virginia desperately want permission from voters to gerrymander the state beyond recognition. They also want Virginians to know...
