American women want to opt out
Young American women, it seems, want out of America. A Gallup poll in November found that 40 percent of US...
America’s other populist, socialist big-city mayor
The election was divisive, pitting an established moderate against an upstart progressive in the large, Democratic city. For a while...
What podcasts do to our brains
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Why 2025 was hell for job hunters
There is no better window into the soul of America’s striving professional class than LinkedIn, a site that this year...
The eternal awkwardness of winter break
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The 12 Days of Christmas: The story behind the holiday’s most annoying carol
Editor’s note, December 25, 8 am ET: This story is being republished for the holiday season. It was originally published...
JD Vance and the future of MAGA
After a successful 2024 election, Vice President JD Vance came into the White House ready to shake things up, support...
The end of malaria
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The 10 most read stories on Future Perfect in 2025
As Future Perfect has in past years, we’re spending this holiday season rounding up our most-read stories of 2025 —...
How to actually get kids off their phones
It was the last day of school before winter break, and Aiden and his eighth-grade classmates were playing a game...
Trump is talking about Greenland again
2025 is ending much as it began: with President Donald Trump talking about annexing Greenland. On Sunday, Trump appointed Louisiana...
The Supreme Court just handed Trump a rare — and very significant — loss
The same Supreme Court that ruled that President Donald Trump is allowed to use the powers of the presidency to...
Will Trump pardon Epstein’s chief enabler?
Last Friday — and then again this Tuesday — the Justice Department released the Epstein files. The documents were incomplete...
This town has 3 nuclear plants. Now, it wants another one.
The town of Oswego, New York, has three nuclear power plants within 10 miles — and it wants another one....
How Wall Street helped turn poor countries into permanent debtors
Like many Americans, most countries are in a lot of debt. Developing countries, alone, carry nearly $31 trillion worth of...
