Iran’s War Is Not Only With the West
The Islamic Republic’s expansionist project has led to the immiseration and repression of people beyond its borders.
Can’t Stop It, So Lead It
To limit the harms of the Iran war, congressional Democrats will have to join the fight.
Kristi Noem Bought 11 Warehouses to Use as ICE Jails. Now What?
DHS’s next leader will inherit a fast-moving $38 billion plan for industrial-scale immigrant detention.
Glimpsing Victory in Iran
The campaign has already delivered major wins for American national security, but something much bigger is starting to come into view.
A New Direction for the Trans Novel
Jordy Rosenberg’s Night Night Fawn is autofiction told from a sidelong distance.
A Possible Upside to the Iran War
Perhaps inadvertently, Trump is revealing the limits of China’s Axis of Autocracy.
The College-Educated Working Class
Can a generation of graduates frustrated by their economic prospects change American labor politics?
The Peptide Boom Is Getting Out of Hand
Welcome to the golden age of gray-market drugs.
A 79-Year-Old Freshman Senator?
Janet Mills does not have a dicey Reddit history or a recently covered-over Nazi tattoo. But her candidacy is haunted by Joe Biden’s 2024 debacle.
What 100 Million Volts Do to the Body and Mind
The odds of being struck by lightning in America in a given year are one in 1.2 million. How does the experience reorient a person’s sense of chance, of fate?
What Are the Oscars for, if Not This?
This year’s ceremony managed to celebrate two equally beloved front-runners.
A Hilarious—And Poignant—Oscars Moment
The inaugural Academy Award for Best Casting was a memorable, and righteous, addition.
The Clever Insight of the SNL ‘MAHAspital’ Sketch
A withering parody of The Pitt skewered Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s movement and questioned the healing properties of beef tallow.
Winter Paralympics Photo of the Day: Tasty Medals
A multi-medal winner celebrates during a photo shoot.
JOAN
A poem
If You Hate Dubai
Dubai has welcomed residents from practically everywhere on Earth, and its openness stands in defiant contrast with Iran.
The Cure for Snoring
A journey into my larynx
When Mentally Ill Teenagers Ask to Be Put to Death
A Dutch psychiatrist gave lethal injections to patients with mental suffering, some of them teenagers. Does that make him a hero—or something else?
Why Trump Got Sick of Ric Grenell
The outgoing president of the Kennedy Center leaves the institution renamed, nearly closed, and wildly unpopular.
Winter Paralympics Photo of the Day: Golden Smiles
Five members of Team USA’s para cross-country team celebrate on the podium with their gold medals.
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