How Leisure Time Became Work

The rise of the attention economy has accelerated our habit of engaging with our hobbies in a data-driven way.

The Roe Baby

Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade, never had the abortion she was seeking. She gave her baby girl up for adoption, and now that baby is an adult. After decades of keeping her identity a secret, Jane Roe’s child has chosen to talk about her life.

The Mantra of White Supremacy

The idea that "anti-racist" is a code word for “anti-white” is the claim of avowed extremists.

Your body, not your choice

Three Trumpy justices seem poised to end the constitutional right to an abortion.

The Mantra of White Supremacy

The idea that "anti-racist" is a code word for “anti-white” is the claim of avowed extremists.

Chris Cuomo Must Go

New revelations show the CNN anchor betrayed his obligation to his viewers.

Chris Cuomo Must Go

New revelations show the CNN anchor betrayed his obligation to his viewers.

The New COVID Drugs Are a Bigger Deal Than People Realize

Vaccines are amazing, but people who become infected need effective treatments.

Republicans Are Playing Partisan Politics With America’s Top Anti-Semitism Post

It’s a game that no one is winning, least of all Jews

‘Land Acknowledgments’ Are Just Moral Exhibitionism

These statements relieve the speaker and the audience of the responsibility to think about Indigenous peoples, at least until the next public event.

Republicans Are Playing Partisan Politics With America’s Top Anti-Semitism Post

It’s a game that no one is winning, least of all Jews

The Tomb Raiders of the Upper East Side

Inside the Manhattan DA’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit

It Wasn’t a Hoax

People with scant illusions about Trump are volunteering to help him execute one of his Big Lies.

‘Land Acknowledgments’ Are Just Moral Exhibitionism

These statements relieve the speaker and the audience of the responsibility to think about Indigenous peoples, at least until the next public event.

Beijing Keeps Trying to Rewrite History

A monument to the Tiananmen Square massacre faces the threat of removal, part of a broader effort in Hong Kong to erase the public memory.

Work From Home Works Until You Need Time Off

How do we “take a day to stay home” when we’re already doing everything from home?

What Stephen Sondheim Knew About Endings

His work was strongest when it lingered in the pain of knowing that no ever after lasts long.

We Know Almost Nothing About the Omicron Variant

Here’s everything we do.

We Know Almost Nothing About the Omicron Variant

Here’s everything we do.

Beijing Keeps Trying to Rewrite History

A monument to the Tiananmen Square massacre faces the threat of removal, part of a broader effort in Hong Kong to erase the public memory.