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1 America Is Growing Apart, Possibly for Good

The great “convergence” of the mid-20th century may have been an anomaly.

Ronald Brownstein
2 Fashion Has Abandoned Human Taste

Stores are stocked with copycat designs. It’s a nightmare.

Amanda Mull
3 It Feels Like 1979 Again

But don’t be fooled: 2022 is its own beast.

Tom Nichols
4 The Constitution Is Whatever the Right Wing Says It Is

The Supreme Court majority’s undead constitutionalism is transforming right-wing media tropes into law.

Adam Serwer
5 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.

Joshua Prager
6 Five COVID Numbers That Don’t Make Sense Anymore

It’s long past time to forget them all.

Katherine J. Wu
7 Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

It’s not just a phase.

Jonathan Haidt
8 I Invented Gilead. The Supreme Court Is Making It Real.

I thought I was writing fiction in The Handmaid’s Tale.

Margaret Atwood
9 The Pro-Life Movement’s Work Is Just Beginning

Now is the time for gratitude and profound humility about what comes after Roe.

David French
10 I Witnessed One of the Ocean’s Rarest Phenomena

During a “milky sea,” trillions of bacteria make the ocean light up glow-stick green.

Sam Keck Scott