The Uneasy Uplift of The Testaments
Why Margaret Atwood’s sequel lacks the power of "The Handmaid’s Tale"
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Life Under the Algorithm
How a relentless speedup is reshaping the working class
The Failure of the Adults
Teenage activists like Greta Thunberg are uncomfortable reminders that the grown-ups have failed the next generation.
Welcome to the Monkey House
Confronting the ugly legacy of military prostitution in South Korea
The Surprising Maturity of Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach’s latest film portrays both sides of a messy divorce, for once.
The Gentle Pleasures of Terrace House
The reality show’s new season requires complete immersion.
The New Deal Wasn’t Intrinsically Racist
How today’s focus on “racial disparity” can distort our understanding of structural inequality
Appalachia vs. the Carceral State
After a mountaintop was flattened by coal mining, politicians pushed to build a prison there. Then the community got organized.
The Strange Liberal Backlash to Woke Culture
Why Meghan Daum, Bret Easton Ellis, and Wesley Yang reject social justice movements on the left
What We Talk About When We Talk About the Middle Class
Democrats say they want to rebuild it, but do they even know what it is?
The Media’s Irrational Obsession With Campaign War Chests
By constantly tallying candidates' fundraising hauls, journalists perpetuate a misleading narrative about how elections are won.
Making Impeachment Matter
Democrats need to face up to their constitutional duty without fear.
Fukuyama’s Inner Civic Republicanism (Part 2)
Rethinking liberal triumphalism—and its limitations
Oligarch of the Month: Dmitry Firtash
The energy tycoon is a key player in Trump's Ukraine scandal.
How Europe Stumped Britain’s Conservatives
New books on Margaret Thatcher’s and David Cameron’s governments betray a fatal lack of self-reflection.
High Crimes
The in-depth case for Trump's impeachment
The First Magistrate in Foreign Pay
The Founders envisioned impeachment as a potent and necessary means of defeating corruption in the nation’s highest office.
How Giuliani Became Trump’s Chief Conspiracist
He's been preparing for this moment since his days as a prosecutor in New York.
