Ideas

America’s Legalistic Culture Is About to Become a Problem

The vaccine rollout will create new clashes between conflicting rights.

• Jamal Greene
• 10:14 AM ET

The Supreme Court Is Giving Lower Courts a Subtle Hint to Rein In Police Misconduct

And those paying attention haven’t missed it.

• Joanna Schwartz
• 8:51 AM ET

Biden Needs Unions to Force His Hand

To enact an FDR-scale agenda, the president needs the energy of his party’s pro-labor wing.

• Richard Yeselson
• March 3, 2021

America’s Andrew Cuomo Problem

Why was the New York governor’s reckoning so long in coming?

• David A. Graham
• March 3, 2021

Trump Is Gone, but Democracy Is in Trouble

A new report reveals that democratic governments are in retreat around the globe.

• Yascha Mounk
• March 3, 2021

Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off

A new study of the city’s program that sent cash to struggling individuals finds dramatic changes.

• Annie Lowrey
• March 3, 2021

Trump Is Threatening Republican Prospects in 2022

The former president’s appearance at CPAC highlighted a mounting problem for his party.

• David A. Graham
• March 1, 2021

America Didn’t Need Sports After All

The public’s emotional connection to big-money athletics has been grossly overestimated.

• Jemele Hill
• February 28, 2021

The Surprising Key to Combatting Vaccine Refusal

It’s not just one problem—and we’re going to need a portfolio of approaches to solve it.

• Derek Thompson
• February 28, 2021

The Total Absurdity of Outdoor Dining Structures

Are you even still “outside” if you’re in a completely enclosed space?

• Steve Macone
• February 27, 2021

The Man Who Refused to Bow

Adam Kinzinger says he’ll fight to take his party back from Donald Trump.

• Peter Wehner
• February 27, 2021

Overcaution Carries Its Own Danger to Children

Incessant pessimism about the coronavirus is hard to kick, but the vaccines are banishing any doubt about reopening schools.

• Monica Gandhi
• February 27, 2021

Murderers Should Be Called Murderers

Frequently and to their faces

• Graeme Wood
• February 26, 2021

5 Pandemic Mistakes We Keep Repeating

We can learn from our failures.

• Zeynep Tufekci
• February 26, 2021

Mars Is a Hellhole

Colonizing the red planet is a ridiculous way to help humanity.

• Shannon Stirone
• February 26, 2021

The Republican Party Is Now in Its End Stages

The GOP has become, in form if not in content, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s.

• Tom Nichols
• February 25, 2021

Ban All Big Mergers. Period.

A simple law would stop the U.S. government from rubber-stamping corporate consolidation.

• Robert H. Lande and Sandeep Vaheesan
• February 25, 2021

Trump Thinks He’s Found a New Defense

In his response to an adverse decision by the Supreme Court, the former president previewed an argument he’s likely to keep using.

• David A. Graham
• February 24, 2021