Corrections

What Lincoln Knew

In his second inaugural address, the 16th president had a message for a war-weary nation.

• Michael Ignatieff
• 6:00 AM ET

America’s Second-Worst Scenario

So far, cumulative acts of civic virtue have saved the republic. But the constitutional order is still in danger.

• Barton Gellman
• January 16, 2021

Europeans Recognize Trumpism for What It Is

The foreign minister of tiny Luxembourg called the president a “pyromaniac,” and the criticism was too much for Mike Pompeo.

• Anne Applebaum
• January 13, 2021

Worst Revolution Ever

Attacking the U.S. Capitol is not an act of patriotism. Obviously.

• Caitlin Flanagan
• January 10, 2021

Female Athletes Need to See Puberty as a Power, Not a Weakness

I had the opportunity to safely and naturally grow a body durable enough to compete not only in college, but also beyond.

• Alexi Pappas
• January 10, 2021

Trump Is Banned. Who Is Next?

Tech giants must not treat their crackdown on the president’s social accounts as an edge case. The social web should be different now.

• Evelyn Douek
• January 9, 2021

The Populists Finally Breaking With Trump

For some of the president’s most like-minded allies, the insurrection on Capitol Hill was one step too far.

• Yasmeen Serhan
• January 9, 2021

Jamie Raskin Lost His Son. Then He Fled a Mob.

The day before the Capitol riot, a congressman buried his 25-year-old son, who had left a note for his family on New Year’s Eve.

• John Hendrickson
• January 8, 2021

The Whole Story in a Single Photo

An image from the Capitol captures the distance between who we purport to be and who we have actually been.

• Clint Smith
• January 8, 2021

The Winter Surge Is Fracturing

Hospitalizations are down across the Midwest, but a handful of states are showing worrisome signs.

• Whet Moser
• December 30, 2020

The Christmas Crisis

America needs Christmas cheer more than ever. Maybe next year.

• Emma Green
• December 25, 2020

The Risk of John Kerry Following His Own China Policy

Any progress on climate change will be lost if the frame is one of a grand bargain with Beijing.

• Thomas Wright
• December 22, 2020

Perhaps Buttigieg Was the Perfect Pick

Biden’s choices say a lot about his theory of governing.

• David A. Graham
• December 18, 2020

A Day of Deaths 25 Percent Higher Than Spring’s Worst

For the second week in a row, more COVID-19 deaths were reported in the U.S. than at any other time in the pandemic.

• The COVID Tracking Project
• December 17, 2020

If You Didn’t Vote for Trump, Your Vote Is Fraudulent

The president’s supporters believe that the votes of rival constituencies should not count—even though they understand, on some level, that they do.

• Adam Serwer
• December 10, 2020

The Trump Administration’s Double Standard of Justice

A federal judge will decide next month whether the U.S. legal system treats presidential allies differently from presidential antagonists.

• Ankush Khardori
• December 10, 2020

The Public-Health Value of Speaking Plainly

An interview with the infectious-disease expert and community health provider Lisa Fitzpatrick

• Conor Friedersdorf
• December 10, 2020

The Secret Internet of TERFs

After they were banned from Reddit, trans-exclusionary radical feminists became the latest of many toxic communities to simply build their own platform.

• Kaitlyn Tiffany
• December 8, 2020

‘This Must Be Your First’

Acting as if Trump is trying to stage a coup is the best way to ensure he won’t.

• Zeynep Tufekci
• December 7, 2020