The Authoritarian Right Is Regrouping
In Moscow, Mar-a-Lago, and beyond, desperate men are mobilizing anyone they can to help them regain power.
The Gift of Civil Discussion
Plus: An unusual list of things to be grateful for
Photos: Europe’s Christmas Markets Return
Images of some of the Christmas markets that recently opened in Berlin, Strasbourg, Tallinn, Prague, Wrocław, Nuremberg, and more
I’m Scared of My Baby Monitor
Baby cams are sold on the notion that something could go disastrously wrong in the nursery.
A Ploy, Not a Principle
Republican criticism of the Mar-a-Lago dinner with a Holocaust denier will be disavowed if Trump looks to be winning the party’s 2024 nomination.
China’s Zero Tolerance for Xi’s COVID Restrictions
The popular defiance is a direct challenge to the Communist Party leader’s authority.
The Future of Monkeypox
As case numbers fall, the outbreak could become entrenched.
The Kingdom Is the Strangest Medical Drama You’ll Ever See
Lars von Trier’s hospital horror-comedy, back for a third season, is a scathing satire of institutional failure.
Seven Books That Will Make You Smarter
These titles do more than answer questions: They explain how the world moves and what moves it.
The Transcendent Power of Reading Diaries
Sally MacNamara Ivey has read more than 10,000 unpublished journals. She's on a mission to save them all.
The Pandemic Exposed the Inequality of American Motherhood
Rich and poor women had completely different experiences.
An Unequal Liberty
Liberty does not have to mean what the Supreme Court thinks it means.
The Next Afghan-Refugee Crisis Is Right Here in the U.S.
Without congressional action, the tens of thousands of Afghans we evacuated to the United States may be deported in the coming year.
Political Hobbyism Has Entered the Workplace
A new style of activism in the white-collar workplace is reshaping corporate life.
Father of Clarity
A poem for Sunday
Football Has Found Its New Bogeyman
An analytics revolution has made the sport even more entertaining. So why are some fans and commentators against it?
The Generation
A short story
Hernan Diaz on Erasing Subjectivity
“Although the scope of ‘The Generation’ may seem, literally, cosmic, it is in fact intimate and highly personal.”
What the Body Means to Say
The hope at the root of my self-destruction
Whoops, I Deleted My Life
A sense of panic set in when I realized I’d erased the entirety of my inbox.
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