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Is the Remote Work Revolution Flopping, Succeeding or Both?
Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel discuss how the great retreat from office life could make work better for everyone.
The Tax Loophole That Won’t Die
The carried interest exception effectively allows a select group of people on Wall Street to pay half as much tax as their peers. Here’s how it has survived.
How Do We Face Loss With Empathy?
The award-winning novelist discusses race, identity, algorithmic thinking and how to envision optimistic futures in dark times.
Boy Scouts vs. Girl Scouts
In 2017, two 10-year-old siblings were choosing between the groups. Five years later, we checked back in with them.
A Renaissance in American Hardcore Music
A look at the recent burst of bands and how the scene operates as music, ethic and feeling.
Pregnant at 16
How the experiences of two women led them to opposite sides of the abortion fight.
The F.B.I. Search of Trump’s Home
What have we learned about the agency’s unprecedented decision to enter Mar-a-Lago?
Your Blue State Won’t Save You: Why State Politics Is National Politics
Zack Beauchamp and Nicole Hemmer on why state-level politics is more important than ever.
Three Sentences That Could Change the World — and Your Life
The philosopher William MacAskill lays out the case for longtermism: “Future people count. There could be a lot of them. And we can make their lives better.”
How Democrats Salvaged a History-Making Bill
The climate change and prescription drug law has revived a set of party goals that were widely thought to be dead.
The Alex Jones Verdict and the Fight Against Disinformation
What is the significance of the defamation case against America’s most prominent conspiracy theorist?
Gender Is Complicated for All of Us. Let’s Talk About It.
A distinguished professor helps me understand our complicated — and changing — culture around gender.
How to Interpret the Kansas Referendum on Abortion
Voters in the conservative state roundly rejected a measure that would have added a constitutional prohibition.
Why Are Democrats Bankrolling Far-Right Candidates?
Some of the party’s campaign partners have employed a contentious strategy in the buildup to the midterms.
The Bad Faith of the New Religious Right
Esau McCaulley and Katherine Stewart on how the G.O.P. weaponized Christianity — and where we go from here.
The Robust Return of Beyoncé
A deep dive on “Renaissance,” her relationship to queer music communities and her framing of authorship.
The Killing of bin Laden’s Successor
Al Qaeda’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, has been killed by a U.S. drone strike. Who was he and what impact will his death have?
How Monkeypox Went From Containable to Crisis
The United States, despite having time and tools at its disposal, has failed to bring the virus to heel.
How Expecting Inflation Can Actually Create More Inflation
By raising interest rates, the Federal Reserve hopes to prevent consumers from believing higher prices will last forever.
Lizzo’s Complicated, Joyful Pop
The singer, rapper and songwriter’s peppy empowerment songs have made her an outlier in a field dominated by melancholic music.
The Case Against Deshaun Watson
How one of the N.F.L.’s biggest stars has become perhaps its biggest scandal.
What We Actually Mean When We Talk About Biden’s Age
Michelle Cottle and David Brooks on gerontocracy and generational power in American politics.
How Roe’s Demise Could Safeguard Gay Marriage
A bill to protect marriage equality might now, improbably, become law.
The Mid-Century Media Theorists Who Saw What Was Coming
The journalist Sean Illing explains how TV, Twitter and TikTok shape our brains — and our politics.
Death of a Crypto Company
The downfall of Celsius Network tells the story of an industry that became the thing it was trying to reject.
Utah’s ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’
As the Great Salt Lake dries up, toxic dust threatens to poison the air in one of the United States’ fastest-growing metro areas.
A Top Mental Health Expert on Where America Went Wrong
The psychiatrist and public-health expert Thomas Insel discusses how mental illness is a medical problem that requires social solutions.
As Temperatures Rise, ‘This Is a Preview.’ Will the Warning Be Heard?
Record heat and rampant fires are raising grim questions about the world’s ability to withstand a new era of climate change.
A Pastor Burned Out by Our Divided Country
For Dan White Jr., a trauma diagnosis pushed him toward a new calling: helping other exhausted faith leaders find peace.
How Abortion Bans Are Restricting Miscarriage Care
The reversal of Roe v. Wade has caused some doctors to worry that recommending certain procedures might have legal repercussions.
A View From the Right on Progressives’ ‘Moral Crusade’
Noah Rothman and Alex Kingsbury debate whether the left actually has a problem with fun.
Broken Climate Pledges and Europe’s Heat Wave
Has the era of global cooperation over planet-warming emissions ended?
Why Housing Is So Expensive — Particularly in Blue States
The urban economist Jenny Schuetz breaks down America’s housing crises, the policies that could fix them and the politics standing in the way.
When Biden Met M.B.S.
What did the encounter tell us about relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia?
Kim Stanley Robinson on Climate Change, Dropping Acid and ‘Psychogeology’
The sci-fi giant explains why he’s feeling more hopeful about the planet.
The Last Person in the World Who Should Be Going on a Cruise
The pandemic marooned Charles Falls Jr. on land for nearly two years. Now, he’s finally setting sail again.
‘Elvis’ vs. Elvis
How much do fantasy and imagination play into how we remember pop culture heroes?
The Final Days of Boris Johnson
He was famed for his ability to escape a political scandal. What brought down the British prime minister in the end?
Michelle Goldberg Grapples With Feminism After Roe
The Times Opinion columnist considers the current backlash against feminism — and where the movement goes next.
What’s Next for Jack Harlow?
He’s one of hip-hop’s biggest emerging stars, and he’s cutting a very different path than the white rappers who came before him.
An Anti-Abortion Campaigner on the Movement’s Historic Win
James Bopp, chief lawyer for the National Right to Life Committee, says that overturning Roe v. Wade is only the halfway point.
To Fight for Ukraine’s Freedom, He Went Back Into the Closet
When Putin invaded, Oleksandr Zhuhan chose to defend a country that hasn’t always defended him.
How Brittney Griner Became a Political Pawn
Growing public pressure to free the W.N.B.A. star, who has been detained in Russia for months, comes with risks.
Roe Gave Us Modern Politics. Who Are the Parties Without It?
Michelle Goldberg and Ross Douthat on what comes next for Democrats and Republicans.
The Promises and Pitfalls of the New Gun Law
After yet another mass shooting, will the bipartisan legislation actually work?
How Liberals Lost the Constitution — And How to Win It Back
The legal scholar Larry Kramer on why the left’s embrace of judicial supremacy was a mistake.
On Conservative Radio, Misleading Message Is Clear: ‘Democrats Cheat’
Election fraud claims from 2020 are widespread on talk radio, contributing to the belief that the midterm results cannot be trusted.
The Single Best Guide I’ve Heard to the Supreme Court’s Rightward Shift
The legal scholar Kate Shaw walks me through the Supreme Court’s decades-long conservative counterrevolution.
A Lesbian Republican’s Fight for a Future in the G.O.P.
With the recent Republican rollbacks on L.G.B.T.Q. rights, Jerri Ann Henry wonders whether she has a future in the party.