Photos of the Week: Flaming Barrels, Flour Battles, Debutante Kisses
A Christmas carnival in Nigeria, New Year’s Eve fireworks around the world, a Polar Bear Plunge in New York, a photogenic archway in California, and much more
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Why Liberals Struggle to Cope With Epochal Change
The error of their mythology about 1989 matters because we face another such moment of historical rupture today.
The Rise of John Ratcliffe
A partisan loyalist with a history of politicizing intelligence will soon be running the CIA.
Narendra Modi’s Populist Facade Is Cracking
India is now a testing ground for whether demagoguery or deteriorating living conditions exert a greater sway on voters.
Photos: Remembering Jimmy Carter’s Life of Service
A collection of images of Jimmy Carter’s life as a husband, father, farmer, sailor, governor, president, diplomat, volunteer, and teacher.
How Putin Tapped a Well of Ethnic Hatred in Russia
Radical nationalists have infiltrated the country’s police and politics.
2024: The Year in Volcanic Activity
Scenes from the wide variety of volcanic activity on Earth over the past year
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
The Price of Humiliating Nicolás Maduro
A new kind of repression is gripping Venezuela, and its logic is menacingly opaque.
South Korea’s Crisis Is Nowhere Near Over
Ongoing political chaos will entrench the country’s economic and social problems—and leave Seoul woefully unprepared for Trump.