Corrections

I Wanted to Find Humility in Hunter Biden’s Book

Everyone in recovery falls the same distance to the bottom.

• Ana Marie Cox
• May 8, 2021

‘One Oppressive Economy Begets Another’

Louisiana’s petroleum industry profits from exploiting historic inequalities, showing how slavery laid the groundwork for environmental racism.

• Anya Groner
• May 7, 2021

The Ringmaster Is Gone

But the circus remains.

• Quinta Jurecic
• May 6, 2021

The Party Whose Success Is a Problem

The Scottish National Party has no viable opposition—so it has created one from within.

• Helen Lewis
• May 5, 2021

Millions Are Saying No to the Vaccines. What Are They Thinking?

Feelings about the vaccine are intertwined with feelings about the pandemic.

• Derek Thompson
• May 3, 2021

Why Larry Krasner’s Defeat Would be ‘Disastrous’ for Criminal-Justice Reform

The Philadelphia district attorney’s reelection bid will test whether a progressive prosecutor can survive a spike in gun violence.

• Russell Berman
• May 3, 2021

Why the Filibuster Suits the GOP Just Fine

Because neither party can reliably elect enough senators to overcome a filibuster, modern American politics is trapped. We figured out just how trapped.

• Sam Wang and Ari Goldbloom-Helzner
• April 30, 2021

Elon Musk’s SNL Hosting Gig Is a Trap

By the time you understand the billionaire’s motives, you’ve already been trolled.

• Shirley Li
• April 28, 2021

If the Author Is a Bad Person, Does That Change Anything?

Blake Bailey, who wrote Philip Roth: The Biography, has been accused of sexual crimes.

• Judith Shulevitz
• April 27, 2021

The First Congressman to Take Parental Leave Is Ready to Fight for It

Democrat Colin Allred of Texas wants to make paid parental leave possible for everyone. The White House appears poised to join him.

• Edward-Isaac Dovere
• April 27, 2021

Why the World Should Worry About India

The world’s largest vaccine producer is struggling to overcome its latest COVID-19 surge—and that’s everyone’s problem.

• Yasmeen Serhan
• April 26, 2021

The Rise of Ron DeSantis

The Florida governor’s sudden prominence is partly about him, partly about his critics, but mostly about his state.

• David Frum
• April 23, 2021

The Blood-Clot Problem Is Multiplying

So are theories to explain it.

• Roxanne Khamsi
• April 16, 2021

Modern Communication’s Big Open Secret

The assumption that we are the sole authors of our texts and emails is a collective fiction—but a useful one.

• Joe Pinsker
• April 15, 2021

America Needs More Luxury Housing, Not Less

New market-rate development helps relieve pressure on local housing prices.

• M. Nolan Gray
• April 12, 2021

The Dark Side of Box Tops for Education

The school-funding program recently switched from offering rebates for physical labels to an app, frustrating many users and highlighting some of the program’s long-standing contradictions and inequalities.

• Lora Kelley
• April 7, 2021

‘Eliminate Every Superfluous Word’

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s new documentary, Hemingway, dramatizes one of the great revolutions in the history of American literature.

• James Parker
• April 2, 2021

Pregnant? Breastfeeding? The Vaccine Might Protect You and Your Baby

Antibodies that cross the placenta or end up in milk could give infants temporary immunity to COVID-19.

• Katherine J. Wu
• March 31, 2021

Why D.C. Is Failing at the Vaccination Game

If the District were a state, it could fix its shot problem.

• Timothy Noah
• March 31, 2021

The Moral Cost of Choosing Stability Over Justice

The events of January 6 illustrate the flaw in accommodating extremists in the name of stability.

• Kim Ghattas
• March 27, 2021