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VOTES OF NO CONFIDENCE

Why recent U.K. election results will ring alarm bells for Joe Biden

Most Loved Workplaces 2024

A THE WORLD'S MOST LOVED WORKPLACES ARE REMARKABLE FOR A variety of reasons.

Could Influencers Survive a Tik Tok Ban?

With some content creators able to make good money from views and brand collaborations on the app, losing access to it could come ata high price

The Black Panther Who Was Banned From the Ballot

DONALD TRUMP WAS not the first celebrity presidential candidate who could reasonably be accused of insurrection against the United States.

"The Past Is There To Teach Us What Can Happen'

Hardcore History's Dan Carlin on hero worship and moral assumptions in the study of the past

FAMILIES NEED A VIBE SHIFT

THE AUTHORS OF FOUR NEW BOOKSWITH 24 KIDS BETWEEN THEM-SAY THE AMERICAN FAMILY NEEDS A COURSE CORRECTION.

New York's Predictable Legal Pot 'Disaster'

AS OF EARLY May, more than three years after New York legalized recreational marijuana, just 119 licensed dispensaries were serving that market in the entire state.

Florida's Citrus Slaughter

MANY SOUTH FLORIDA residents remember with grief a day in the early ’00s when the government came for their citrus trees.

Cutting Off Israel

ENDING U.S. AID WOULD GIVE WASHINGTON LESS LEVERAGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THAT’S WHY IT’S WORTH DOING.

A Brief, Biased History of the Culture Wars

THE FIRST PAR AGR APH of the book jacket lays it out: “There is a common belief that we live in unprecedented times, that people are too sensitive today, that nobody objected to the actions of actors, comedians, and filmmakers in the past.

States Turn Their Backs on Criminal Justice Reform

IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE to avoid the “strange bedfellows” cliché when reading about the criminal justice reform movement in the 2010s.

Republican Defenders of Abortion in Arizona

THOUGH STILL ON the books, Arizona’s near-total ban on abortion was buried deep in the state’s history—until recently.

SWAT Goes to College

A GRAY-HAIRED DARTMOUTH professor was tackled, zip-tied, and detained on May 1 along with about 90 other protesters.

Q&A Bryan Caplan

BRYAN CAPLAN IS known for his unconventional approach to tackling big issues.

WHAT CAUSED THE D.C.CRIME WAVE?

GOVERNMENT MISMANAGEMENT, NOT SENTENCING REFORM OR SPARSE SOCIAL SPENDING, DESERVES THE BLAME.

DEMOCRACY IS LOSING THE PROPAGANDA WAR

AUTOCRATS IN CHINA, RUSSIA, AND ELSEWHERE ARE NOW MAKING COMMON CAUSE WITH MAGA REPUBLICANS TO DISCREDIT LIBERALISM AND FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD.

The History My Family Left Behind

A gun, a lynching, and an exodus from Mississippi

Ozempic or Bust

America has been trying to address the obesity epidemic for four decades now. So far, each new \"solution\" has failed to live up to its early promise.

THE AIRPORT-LOUNGE ARMS RACE

Inside the ever more extravagant competition to lure affluent travelers

The Engrossing Darkness of The Crow

Can a cult hit point the way forward for the beleaguered comic-book movie?

The Godfather of American Comedy

The funniest people on the planet think there's no funnier person than Albert Brooks.

THE ART OF SURVIVAL

In living with cancer, Suleika Jaouad has learned to wrench meaning from our short time on Earth.

Miranda July's Weird Road Trip

The author's midlife-crisis novel is full of estrangement, eroticism, and whimsy.

Hypochondria Never Dies

The diagnosis is officially gone, but health anxiety is everywhere.

The Wild Blood Dynasty

What a little-known family reveals about the nation's untamed spirit

Your Toxic Life

An independent lab has made a business of exposing what’s really inside everyday products

Kate Cox wanted to be a mom of three. Instead, she's a reluctant abortion advocate

IN THE TIDY BACKYARD OF KATE COX’S DALLAS-AREA home, there are two child-size lawn chairs alongside two toddler bicycles.

Flights of kites

An ancient folk craft tradition floats across time and still soars to new heights in modern times

Nikki Glaser

COMEDIAN NIKKI GLASER NEVER WANTS TO OFFEND. \"I NEVER WANT TO say offensive or raunchy [things] or push the envelope, because that speaks to some kind of comedian who wants to rile people up.\"

Uranium dreams

The promise of clean nuclear power brings the West to Mongolia