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The Supreme Court’s Plan to Block Climate Action We Haven’t Even Taken Yet

Karen C. Sokol

Nancy Pelosi Says She’s Running Again. There’s Something She Isn’t Saying.

Jim Newell

Was Joe Biden Right About Peter Doocy?

Justin Peters

The Professor Who Concocted a $50 “Experiment” on His Students Is Making the Wrong People Feel Smug

Scott Weaver

What in the World Are Biden and Putin Up To?

Fred Kaplan

Work

Companies Are Desperate for Workers. Why Aren’t They Doing the One Thing That Will Attract Them?

Alison Green

The Mystery of How Agatha Christie Could Afford a Maid and a Nanny but Not a Car

Timothy B. Lee

Sports

The Galaxy-Brained Choice That U.S. Men’s Soccer Will Regret if They Miss the World Cup

Eric Betts

Alabama

How Cops Turned a Stretch of Highway Into a Small Town’s ATM

Mary Harris

Advice

I’m Furious About What the Seller of Our Dream House Did to Us

Athena Valentine

My Wife Is Trying to Mold Our Daughter Into Her Mini-Me

Doyin Richards

It Turns Out Celebrities Can Actually Be Amazing Novelists

Laura Miller

I Can’t Get Over How Many Women Say the Exact Wrong Thing Before We Have Sex

How to Do It

Crypto

I think I’m doing great, but most people see my job as low-paid and unskilled.

Help! My Husband Returned to His Sexual Wrestling Account After I Lost My Libido.

Help! My Long-Term Partner Wasn’t Invited to My Friend’s Wedding Because We’re Not Married.

Help! My Neighbor Is Running a Porn Studio Out of His House.

Help! How Do I Tell My Child Their Parent Is a Criminal?

Care and Feeding

My Child’s Hobby Has Become an Obsession

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Justin Peters

Was Joe Biden Right About Peter Doocy?

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Jim Newell

Nancy Pelosi Says She’s Running Again. There’s Something She Isn’t Saying.

7h ago

Jessica Stoya

My Friend Is Dating Again. She Clearly Never Learned the First Rule of Sleeping With Men.

9h ago

Eric Betts

The Galaxy-Brained Choice That U.S. Men’s Soccer Will Regret if They Miss the World Cup

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Fred Kaplan

What in the World Are Biden and Putin Up To?

10h ago

Karen C. Sokol

The Supreme Court’s Plan to Block Climate Action We Haven’t Even Taken Yet

I’m Furious About What the Seller of Our Dream House Just Did to Us

Athena Valentine

TikTok Is Already Convinced This Is the Next Fyre Festival

Aliya Chaudhry

Virginia Schools Are Melting Down

In his first week on the job, Gov. Glenn Youngkin created a crisis.

Dahlia Lithwick

Who Reads the Syllabus?

A dated assumption about students absolves too many professors of a common lecture hall failure.

Scott Weaver

Culture

What it all means

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The Newbery Medal Is 100. It’s Smuggled Some Real Duds Onto Our Library Shelves.

Sara L. Schwebel and Jocelyn Van Tuyl

Should publishers put some of the older winners out to pasture?

The Galaxy-Brained Choice That U.S. Men’s Soccer Will Regret if They Miss the World Cup

Eric Betts

It Turns Out Celebrities Can Actually Be Amazing Novelists

Laura Miller

How Lusia Harris Became “the Queen of Basketball”

Hang Up and Listen

TikTok Is Already Convinced This Is the Next Fyre Festival

Aliya Chaudhry

Downton Abbey’s Creator Moved His New Show to New York. He Left Something Crucial Behind.

Rebecca Onion

How Chiefs-Bills Became One of the Greatest Games in NFL History

Josh Levin

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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Tonga’s Devastating Volcanic Eruption Has Left the Island Without Internet

Ian M. Ralby and Justin Sherman

I’m Furious About What the Seller of Our Dream House Just Did to Us

Athena Valentine

How Cops Turned a Stretch of Highway Into a Small Town’s ATM

Mary Harris

When Kazakhstan Turned Off the Internet

Colleen Wood and Sher Khashimov

The Counterintuitive Economic Principle That Explains the Modern World

Timothy B. Lee

The Crypto Obsessives Trying to Save a Notorious Internet Criminal From Prison

Aaron Mak

Bitcoin Is Just a Crappy Tech Stock Now

Jordan Weissmann

Was Joe Biden Right About Peter Doocy?

Justin Peters

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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How the Internet Ruined the Birth Story

Sarah Stoller

A practice with feminist roots has become branding, like everything else.

My Friend Is Dating Again. She Clearly Never Learned the First Rule of Sleeping With Men.

Jessica Stoya

Would It Be Racist if We Only Considered White Donors at the Sperm Bank?

Big Mood Little Mood

Dear Care and Feeding: My Wife Is Trying to Mold Our Daughter Into Her Mini-Me

Doyin Richards

The Professor Who Concocted a $50 “Experiment” on His Students Is Making the Wrong People Feel Smug

Scott Weaver

Help! I Love My Job, but People See It as Low-Paid and Unskilled.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Wanna Be Viewed as More Intelligent and Better Looking? Tell More Jokes.

How To!

News & Politics

What really matters

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How the Women’s March Might Have Played Out Differently

Christina Cauterucci

Five years later, the record-setting event’s legacy lingers in a way many of its participants may not have imagined.

What in the World Are Biden and Putin Up To?

Fred Kaplan

The Supreme Court’s Plan to Block Climate Action We Haven’t Even Taken Yet

Karen C. Sokol

How Joe Biden Launched a New Prison Boom

Eric Reinhart

Policing for Profit

What Next

The Real Problem With Virginia’s Attempt to Ditch Masks in Schools

Dahlia Lithwick

Republicans Don’t Need to Win Elections. They Already Won the Supreme Court.

Mark Joseph Stern

Nancy Pelosi Says She’s Running Again. There’s Something She Isn’t Saying.

Jim Newell

The Supreme Court’s Plan to Block Climate Action We Haven’t Even Taken Yet

Nancy Pelosi Says She’s Running Again. There’s Something She Isn’t Saying.

Was Joe Biden Right About Peter Doocy?

The Professor Who Concocted a $50 “Experiment” on His Students Is Making the Wrong People Feel Smug

What in the World Are Biden and Putin Up To?

Work

Companies Are Desperate for Workers. Why Aren’t They Doing the One Thing That Will Attract Them?

The Mystery of How Agatha Christie Could Afford a Maid and a Nanny but Not a Car

Sports

The Galaxy-Brained Choice That U.S. Men’s Soccer Will Regret if They Miss the World Cup

Alabama

How Cops Turned a Stretch of Highway Into a Small Town’s ATM

Advice

I’m Furious About What the Seller of Our Dream House Did to Us

My Wife Is Trying to Mold Our Daughter Into Her Mini-Me

It Turns Out Celebrities Can Actually Be Amazing Novelists

I Can’t Get Over How Many Women Say the Exact Wrong Thing Before We Have Sex

Crypto

Bitcoin Is Just a Crappy Tech Stock Now

Why Is Bitcoin Crashing? What About My Shiba Inu Coins?

The Crypto Obsessives Trying to Save a Notorious Internet Criminal From Prison

I think I’m doing great, but most people see my job as low-paid and unskilled.

Help! My Husband Returned to His Sexual Wrestling Account After I Lost My Libido.

Help! My Long-Term Partner Wasn’t Invited to My Friend’s Wedding Because We’re Not Married.

Help! My Neighbor Is Running a Porn Studio Out of His House.

Help! How Do I Tell My Child Their Parent Is a Criminal?

My Child’s Hobby Has Become an Obsession

Was Joe Biden Right About Peter Doocy?

Nancy Pelosi Says She’s Running Again. There’s Something She Isn’t Saying.

My Friend Is Dating Again. She Clearly Never Learned the First Rule of Sleeping With Men.

The Galaxy-Brained Choice That U.S. Men’s Soccer Will Regret if They Miss the World Cup

What in the World Are Biden and Putin Up To?

The Supreme Court’s Plan to Block Climate Action We Haven’t Even Taken Yet

I’m Furious About What the Seller of Our Dream House Just Did to Us

TikTok Is Already Convinced This Is the Next Fyre Festival

Virginia Schools Are Melting Down

Who Reads the Syllabus?

The Newbery Medal Is 100. It’s Smuggled Some Real Duds Onto Our Library Shelves.

The Galaxy-Brained Choice That U.S. Men’s Soccer Will Regret if They Miss the World Cup

It Turns Out Celebrities Can Actually Be Amazing Novelists

How Lusia Harris Became “the Queen of Basketball”

TikTok Is Already Convinced This Is the Next Fyre Festival

Downton Abbey’s Creator Moved His New Show to New York. He Left Something Crucial Behind.

How Chiefs-Bills Became One of the Greatest Games in NFL History

Tonga’s Devastating Volcanic Eruption Has Left the Island Without Internet

I’m Furious About What the Seller of Our Dream House Just Did to Us

How Cops Turned a Stretch of Highway Into a Small Town’s ATM

When Kazakhstan Turned Off the Internet

The Counterintuitive Economic Principle That Explains the Modern World

The Crypto Obsessives Trying to Save a Notorious Internet Criminal From Prison

Bitcoin Is Just a Crappy Tech Stock Now

Was Joe Biden Right About Peter Doocy?

How the Internet Ruined the Birth Story

My Friend Is Dating Again. She Clearly Never Learned the First Rule of Sleeping With Men.

Would It Be Racist if We Only Considered White Donors at the Sperm Bank?

Dear Care and Feeding: My Wife Is Trying to Mold Our Daughter Into Her Mini-Me

The Professor Who Concocted a $50 “Experiment” on His Students Is Making the Wrong People Feel Smug

Help! I Love My Job, but People See It as Low-Paid and Unskilled.

Wanna Be Viewed as More Intelligent and Better Looking? Tell More Jokes.

How the Women’s March Might Have Played Out Differently

What in the World Are Biden and Putin Up To?

The Supreme Court’s Plan to Block Climate Action We Haven’t Even Taken Yet

How Joe Biden Launched a New Prison Boom

Policing for Profit

The Real Problem With Virginia’s Attempt to Ditch Masks in Schools

Republicans Don’t Need to Win Elections. They Already Won the Supreme Court.

Nancy Pelosi Says She’s Running Again. There’s Something She Isn’t Saying.