The Melania Trump Documentary Is a Disgrace
The exorbitant film captures the rotten state of the entertainment industry.
One of Our Own
A poem
An Early Test of America’s Control Over Venezuela
The fate of Venezuela’s political prisoners could reveal how much power the Trump administration really has.
What Are the Chances Trump Attacks Iran?
The Trump administration has targets but no endgame.
Photos of the Week: Snowy Dunes, Icy Storm, Crying Horse
Protests against ICE in Minneapolis, war-damaged bridges in Syria, a landslide in Sicily, a heat wave in Australia, heavy snow in Russia, and much more
The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films
The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.
There Is a Word for What Is Happening in Minneapolis
What ICE’s opponents are doing in Minnesota is part of a long and successful historical tradition: dissidence.
T-Maxxing Has Gone Too Far
American men are loading up on testosterone—whether they need it or not.
Katie Miller Makes a Classic Error
Does she oppose Enlightenment virtues, as her X posts suggest? Or is she just confused?
Rise of the Trump Loyalist
The destruction of the civil service can destroy democracy, too.
Tesla Just Killed the Most Important Car of the 21st Century
The Model S deserved better than this.
Trump Shrugs Off the Ilhan Omar Attack
He baselessly claimed that the representative “probably had herself sprayed.”
Another Way to Be an American
The idea of a “trans-national America” argued against forcing immigrants into an Anglo-Saxon mold.
MAGA’s War on Empathy
This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.
Rage in the U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen has never sounded angrier than on his new song, “Streets of Minneapolis.”
The Three Lessons of Minneapolis
What happened in the city is important, and won’t be forgotten.
Battles Are Raging Inside the Department of Homeland Security
Officials overseeing Trump’s mass-deportation campaign are fighting one another for power.
‘This Has Got to End’
Tim Walz on the “all-out attack on all of state government”
What Does Life After Ambition Actually Look Like?
Writing a great memoir about choosing a “good enough” life, it turns out, is hard.
The Accidental Winners of the War on Higher Ed
Go to a small liberal-arts college if you can.