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How American Girl Doll Lost Its Way

At 40, the brand faces a midlife crisis.

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The Pete Hegseth Exception

Nearly a year after a national-security scandal erupted on my iPhone, no one in the Trump administration has faced consequences.

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Substack Has a Nazi Problem

The newsletter platform’s lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.

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The Best Kind of Book Adaptation

A new opera based on George Saunders’s novel “Lincoln in the Bardo” makes some fantastically shocking choices.

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Why I Suddenly Started Seeing the Same Pair of Pants Everywhere

One article of clothing defines the Cool Millennial Mom.

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Yes, It’s Fascism

Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

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When ICE Comes for a MAGA Supporter

What happens to the right’s immigration views when the target for deportation is one of their own?

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An Oligarchy of Old People

How elderly Americans amassed disproportionate wealth and power

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The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows

Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.

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The Illusion of ‘Radical Transparency’

What Elizabeth Holmes has in common with Donald Trump

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Flying Across the World to Vote

Israeli expats traveled thousands of miles to make their voices heard.

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Which Is It: A Question for AI, or What Odysseus Asked Upon His Return?

A quiz inspired by one bewildering anecdote

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Election Trickery May Not Do the Trick

A blue wave in the midterms could stymie Donald Trump’s election-denial schemes.

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Israel’s Version of the Latinx Question

Activists and journalists often refer to Arab citizens of Israel as simply “Palestinians,” but the reality is messier—and can teach us about our own questions of identity

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We Can All Make Life Feel Like a Movie. Should We?

Sophia Stel’s music fits an era in which the meaning of cinematic applies to more than just films.

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The Issues Christian Voters Are Neglecting

What would a Christian political agenda look like if it were measured by the lives that could be saved, sheltered, and healed?

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Trump’s Cheesecake Factory Dissent

Every Republican wants to paint Obama as an out-of-touch elitist—except one.

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Bernie Sanders Is Suddenly Everywhere

He’s at the peak of his influence.

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Maine Has Changed. Susan Collins Hasn’t.

The senator is trying to defy the odds, again.

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Winners of the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026

The German Society for Nature Photography recently announced the top images from the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, selected from more than 26,000 entries from 46 countries.

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What Stephen Miller Gets Wrong About Human Nature

The Trump adviser’s assertions about the “real world” reflect a deep misunderstanding of Thomas Hobbes’s dog-eat-dog worldview.

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He Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.

When a soldier’s wife went to pick up her military ID at a base in Texas, ICE officers showed up.

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RFK Jr. Was My Drug Dealer

Kennedy’s endorsement of Donald Trump raises an awkward question.

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The New Food Movement

Twenty years since my book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” was published, America’s food system is still a mess—but there are reasons for optimism.

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Did Scientists Accidentally Invent an Anti-addiction Drug?

People taking Ozempic for weight loss say they have also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping, and even nail biting.

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Can the Polls Possibly Be Right?

Democrats are now favored to take back the Senate, a prospect that seemed far-fetched a year ago.

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How the Campaign War Chests Are Being Spent

The Republican spending strategy is about turnout, not persuasion.

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Is There Anything BPC-157 Can’t Cure?

Proponents of the peptide say it can treat gingivitis, runner’s knee, even dementia.

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A Wolf Dawg’s Tale

My husband has worn the same Halloween costume for 18 years.

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The Midterms of Good and Evil

After decades of avoiding the subject, Democratic candidates are speaking in explicitly moral terms.

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What If AI Is the End of the World?

The dramatic warnings of doom have fed an atmosphere of despair. But there are more constructive responses.

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The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them

You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.

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America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy

Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.

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The Dark Side of Mindfulness

A prominent psychologist and meditation teacher set out to research the benefits of the practice. What she found alarmed her.

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The World's Most Efficient Languages

How much do you really need to say to put a sentence together?

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Modern Cats

“There is a prejudice against cats because dogs hate them. We defer overmuch to the opinion of the dog because he is ‘faithful.’”

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America Is Now an Ally of Russia

Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order.

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Islamophobia Is Trump’s Closing Midterm Gambit

President Trump and his allies are ending the campaign with naked but nonsensical appeals to anti-Muslim bigotry.

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Yes, We Have No Bananas

But please don’t blame the Jews.

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‘The Cloud’ Is a Terrible Metaphor

The internet has always been more physical—and fragile—than it seems.

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The Friend-Group Fallacy

Many people yearn for a crew, but having one is not actually the norm.

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A Totally Unnecessary Way to Stress Parents Out

The tyranny of school spirit days

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Now, Thanks to Sam Altman, You Never Have to Speak With Your Kids Again

AI can handle these kinds of pointless interactions.

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The Classics Test That Wants to Replace the SAT

Did standardized testing get woke?

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Leave the Cheesecake Factory Out of This

We must treat the restaurant like the treasure that it is.

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The Collapse of Cuba

Hunger. Sickness. Blackouts. Abandoned streets. The withering of the state is shocking to behold.

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Netanyahu Goes Into Full Panic Mode

Tomorrow Israelis will vote, many trembling for the future of their country, no matter which candidate they prefer.

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A Map for Loving America

Fifty years ago, Stevie Wonder released “Songs in the Key of Life.” Its message still feels urgent.

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0 for 26: The Trump Administration’s Astonishing Losing Record

Not one single court has approved of the Department of Justice’s plans to obtain state voter rolls.

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A Public Option for … Groceries?

A new idea for lowering food prices that could actually work

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