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Raj Chetty's American Dream
The economist whose work dispelled the myth of social mobility in the U.S. Has a plan to make it a reality.
The Crisis In Democracy
The national constitution center, in Philadelphia, is a monument to the benefits of pessimism. The center, which is situated across an open expanse from Independence Hall, is a superior educational institution, but, understood correctly, it is also a warning about the fragility of the American experiment.
The Brutal Truth About Climate Change
William T.Vollmanns latest opus is one of the most honest and fatalisticbooks about global warming yet written.
Nietzsche's Guide To Better Living
If philosophy can serve as therapy, its not by offering solace but by jolting the soul.
How AI Could Give Rise To Tyranny
Artificial Intelligence could erase many practical advantages of democracy, and erode the ideals of liberty and equality. It will further concentrate power among a small elite if we dont take steps to stop it.
The Personal Cost Of Black Success
Two men chronicle their rise into the meritocratic elite, exposing pernicious myths and brutal realities along the way.
Women Are Angry. Now What?
Rebecca Traister Invokes Fury To Unify Women In A Battle Against Men, But Being Mad Can Prove Divisive, Too.
Newt Gingrich Says You're Welcome
He turned politics into a vicious blood sport, broke Congress, and paved the way for Trumps rise. Now hes reveling in his achievements.
Can The Pentagon Weaponize The Brain?
The Pentagons R&D arm, DARPA, gave us drones and the internet. Now the agency has a new mission: to fold computers into the brain and nervous systemor maybe vice versa. Silicon Valley is eating all of this up.
The Next Populist Revolution
Establishment Democrats believe that poor immigrants and their children will be part of an emerging majority. They could be very wrong.
How Ice Went Rogue
A long-running inferiority complex, vast statutory power, a chilling new directive from the top—inside America’s unfolding immigration tragedy.
May It Please the Court
In more than a decade as a trial lawyer, I’ve watched in frustration as male attorneys rely on a range of courtroom tactics that are off-limits to women. Judges and juries reward men for being domineering— and expect women to be deferential. This cultural bias runs deep and won’t be easily overcome. I have the trial transcripts to prove it.
Donald Trump Builds His Autocracy!
Will American democracy survive Trump? And will the midterms matter?
A Warning From Europe
Polarization. Conspiracy theories. Attacks on the free press. An obsession with loyalty. Recent events in the United States follow a pattern Europeans know all too well.
Losing The Democratic Habit
Americans once learned self-governance by practicing it constantlyin lodge halls, neighborhood associations, and labor unions. As participation in these institutions has dwindled, so has public faith in democracy. To restore it, we must return democratic practices to everyday life.
Adison Vs. The Mob
The founders designed a government that would be insulated from the heat of popular sentiment, but they didnt anticipate the unbridled passions of the digital age.Here show the constitutional order can survive.
Measles As Metaphor
What the disease’s return tells us about America’s ailing culture.
Carry Me Back
Race, history, and memories of a Virginia girlhood.
The Trouble With Dentistry
You likely don’t need to go to the dentist every six months. Those microcavities might heal without a filling. And you may want a second opinion before getting that root canal. An inquiry into a profession that’s much less scientific—and far more prone to gratuitous procedures—than you might think.
You Buy It, You Break It
How private equity is killing retail
Pop Culture's Failure To Rage
Why songs and TV shows are full of postelection angst about feeling impotent, complicit, despondent— and what a more constructive future of protest art might look like
The Lessons Of Henry Kissinger
The legendary and controversial statesman criticizes the Obama Doctrine, talks about the main challenges for the next president, and explains how to avoid war with China.
The Mystery of Why People Go Missing in Alaska
Two families, two bodies, and a wilderness of secrets.
The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans
Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency. I’m one of them.
Why Luck Matters More Than You Might Think
The luckiest people overlook their good fortune. This is bad news for us all.
Is Grit Overrated? The Downside of Persistence
The psychologist Angela Duckworth argues that dogged, single-minded persistence is a key to career success—but it carries downsides, too.
How to Reverse Citizens United
What campaign-finance reformers can learn from the NRA.
The Nancy Pelosi Problem
The first female speaker of the House has become the most effec tive congressional leader of modern times—and, not coincidentally, the most vilified.
Where Fantasy Meets Black Lives Matter
A much-anticipated young-adult debut taps into a tradition of speculative fiction rooted in African culture.
The Poet Laureate Of Englishness
Revisiting A. E. Housman in the age of Brexit