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What We Knew About Date Rape Then, And What We Know Now

Women have long been reluctant to report their assaults.

• Mary Koss and Alexandra Rutherford
• 6:00 AM ET

The Journalistic Implications of Ian Buruma’s Resignation

Can editors shape a constructive conversation about #MeToo while under pressure to act as its partisans?

• Conor Friedersdorf
• Sep 25, 2018

Questions Fox News Should Have Asked Brett Kavanaugh

A good political interviewer tries to knock her subject off his talking points.

• Jessica Yellin
• Sep 25, 2018

The Abandoned World of 1982

The year Brett Kavanaugh allegedly assaulted Christine Blasey Ford at a party saw the first stirrings of a revolution in how American girls were raised, and how they would regard themselves.

• Caitlin Flanagan
• Sep 25, 2018

The Two Reasons Rod Rosenstein's Fate Is So Uncertain

The president doesn’t like to fire people, but he does have a penchant for drama.

• Michael D'Antonio
• Sep 24, 2018

The Decision Not to Call in the FBI Is Looking Worse and Worse

As new allegations have surfaced, the White House has continued to refuse an independent investigation.

• Bob Bauer
• Sep 24, 2018

Rosenstein’s Departure Is a National Emergency

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation is now in mortal peril.

• David Frum
• Sep 24, 2018

The Crisis of the American Elites

Judith Butler and Ed Whelan share little in common—save their willingness to direct cruelty against ordinary people in defense of eminent colleagues.

• Eliot A. Cohen
• Sep 23, 2018

My Rapist Apologized

The Kavanaugh allegations led me to reach out to the man who had assaulted me decades before.

• Deborah Copaken
• Sep 21, 2018

Kavanaugh Bears the Burden of Proof

The question isn’t whether he can win confirmation—it’s whether he can defend against the charge he faces in a manner that is both persuasive and honorable.

• Benjamin Wittes
• Sep 21, 2018

What Magazines Can’t Do in the Age of #MeToo

By publishing Jian Ghomeshi, Ian Buruma revealed that he didn’t understand a major issue of our time.

• Meghan O'Rourke
• Sep 21, 2018

Trump’s Dirty War in Yemen

The president is aiding Saudi Arabia in an unlawful, unpopular, inhumane bombing campaign at odds with the foreign policy that he promised Americans.

• Conor Friedersdorf
• Sep 21, 2018

Why Hasn’t Trump’s Refugee Policy Repelled His Christian Supporters?

Breaking with his predecessors from both parties, Trump has ratcheted down admissions of those fleeing persecution to their lowest levels in decades.

• Conor Friedersdorf
• Sep 21, 2018

Do Trump’s Core Supporters Even Want the GOP to Win the Midterms?

If the agenda of the Republican establishment excited rank-and-file voters, Trump wouldn’t now preside over the party.

• Conor Friedersdorf
• Sep 20, 2018

Will We Ever Stop Eating Animal Meat?

We need more than moral arguments against meat. We need a technological revolution in better, cleaner food.

• Derek Thompson
• Sep 20, 2018

Trump Is Reinventing the U.S. Approach to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Instead of acknowledging the political and national aspirations of the Palestinians, negotiators are focusing on material and economic concerns.

• Robert Malley and Aaron David Miller
• Sep 20, 2018

Worry Less About Crumbling Roads, More About Crumbling Libraries

America’s social infrastructure is falling apart, and it’s hurting democracy.

• Eric Klinenberg
• Sep 20, 2018

The Wrong Question for Brett Kavanaugh

Everyone wants to know: Did he do it? But there’s more people should be asking.

• Quinta Jurecic
• Sep 19, 2018