J. Kenji López-Alt Thinks You’ll Be Fine With an Induction Stove
But it may take some time to get used to.
How the Supreme Court Protects Police Officers
It’s almost impossible to hold them to account.
No Such Thing as a Bad Apple
I worked in law enforcement for decades. The culture is what’s rotten.
America’s Fever of Workaholism Is Finally Breaking
For the first time in 50 years, the rich are buying more free time.
The Internet Loves an Extremophile
Online culture favors influencers who pinball from one enthusiasm to the next.
Montana’s Black Mayor
Wilmot Collins fled a civil war in Liberia with big ideas about what America can be. But can it ever live up to what he imagined?
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alleged Crimes Have Real Victims
What FTX customers lost may not impoverish them, but they were still cheated.
The Narcissism of the Angry Young Men
What to do about the deadly misfits among us? First, recognize the problem.
Why Memphis Is Different
Because of the sheer prevalence of police brutality in America, public officials have gotten better at managing the shock.
The Luxury Dilemma
How the whims of one very wealthy man transformed the most famous hotel in Los Angeles
Technology Makes Us More Human
When techno-optimists use ChatGPT, they see Star Trek: a future in which opportunities for personal fulfillment are as large as the universe itself.
Inhumanity in Memphis
The police officers who fatally beat Tyre Nichols must have known their actions were being recorded, but that hardly seemed to deter them.
Yes, Mr. President, There Is Some There There
Biden’s team should have been more transparent about his classified documents. But the strategy could still work for him in the end.
Memphis’s Policing Strategy Was Bound to Result in Tragedy
The officers charged in Tyre Nichols’s death were all members of the SCORPION team, which poured law-enforcement resources into the most violent parts of the city.
Tanks for Ukraine Have Shifted the Balance of Power in Europe
Smaller countries forced NATO’s greatest powers to give Ukraine the vehicles it needs.
The Incoherence of Facebook’s Trump Decision
Meta is going to allow the ex-president to spread his Big Lie about the 2020 election—behavior that got him banned in the first place.
The Weight-Loss-Drug Revolution Is a Miracle—And a Menace
How the new obesity pills could upend American society
The Mayhem Is Not About You
Most shooters don’t think straight. For that matter, most nonshooters don’t either.
The NHL Is Gutless
Professional hockey claims to want greater diversity but won’t stand up to criticism.
Meet the Latest Housing-Crisis Scapegoat
Blaming the housing crisis on hedge funds and private equity may be easy, but it’s dead wrong.