ALL THE KING'S CENSORS

When bureaucrats ruled over British theater

When Robert Frost Was Bad

Before he became America's most famous poet, he wrote some real howlers.

"I Am Still Mad to Write"

How a tragic accident helped Hanif Kureishi find his rebellious voice again

The Moron Factory

April 20: Sometimes feel life stinks, everything bad/getting worse, everyone doomed.

WHY THE COVID DENIERS WON

Lessons from the pandemic and its aftermath

The Warrior's Anti-War Novel

In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque invented modern war writing.

CAN EUROPE STOP ELON MUSK?

He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.

Stuck In Place

Why Americans stopped moving houses-and why that's a very big problem

Who's Your Mommy?

I knew that becoming a parent would change me. I just didn't know how.

BEHOLD MY SUIT!

A LIFETIME OF FASHION MISERY COMES TO AN END.

The Experimentalist

Ali Smith's novels scramble plotlines, upend characters, and flout chronologywhile telling propulsively readable stories.

CAPITULATION IS CONTAGIOUS

By killing a cartoon that lampooned its owner, The Washington Post set a dangerous precedent.

THE PLOT AGAINST BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

It's time to take the rhetoric about \"anchor babies\" seriously.

WILL CONGRESS EVER "LIBERATE" METHADONE?

Drug user activists are teaming up with doctors and legislators to upend a degrading clinic system.

THE HIT LIST

Trump wants to remake America. These are the people who will suffer.

LOSING THE FARM

How RFK Jr's healthy-foods movement swallowed up some of the Democratic base

POWER OF THE PURSE

There's never been an administration this rich. History says it won't end well.

The Unflinching Courage of Taylor Cadle

The police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.

CIVIL WAR

The legal industry's monopoly on advice ensures only the rich can afford a lawyer. Now, an unlikely coalition is fighting to change that-—and it might just succeed.

PRISON BREAK

There are many programs trying to reduce recidivism. This one works.

POET OF THE PEOPLE

aja monet is reviving the Black Arts Movement's tradition of pairing poetry with live music-and drawing Gen Z to her shows.

VIRTUOUS CYCLE

The big money push to tell women to bring back \"natural\" birth control

ENTITLEMENTS

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's DOGE reboots austerity for the era of Big Tech.

THE PAW PATROL PRINCIPLE

How a toy company built a children's-television juggernaut

DeepSeek's hidden warning for AI safety

THE RELEASE OF DEEPSEEK R1 STUNNED WALL STREET and Silicon Valley in January, spooking investors and impressing tech leaders.

TIME the Closers

25 BLACK LEADERS WORKING TO END RACIAL INEQUALITY

MAD ABOUT THE GIRL

AS RENÉE ZELLWEGER REPRISES THE ICONIC CHARACTER, BRIDGET JONES' CREATOR - AND MILLIONS OF FANS, COULDN'T BE HAPPIER

Winning the Global Game

The U.S. holds more cards than China. Whether we keep our strategic advantage depends on how we play our hand

Jasmin Savoy Brown

SHOWTIME'S YELLOWJACKETS IS REALLY TWO shows in one.

Patrick Gibson

WHEN YOU TAKE ON A ROLE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE MADE FAMOUS, IT'S not easy.