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Ashley Seil Smith Boys Are Not Defective
Girls in the Middle East do better than boys in school by a greater margin than almost anywhere else in the world: a case study in motivation, mixed messages, and the condition of boys everywhere.
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Jesse Draxler; Photo: David Hume Kennerly / Getty The First White President
The foundation of Donald Trump’s presidency is the negation of Barack Obama’s legacy.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Doctors: No
Physicians rarely agree on anything as strongly as they do that the Graham-Cassidy health-care bill is harmful.
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Netflix Not a Regular Cease-and-Desist, A Cool Cease-and-Desist
A letter from a Netflix lawyer proves that even the coldest of writing forms is not immune to the imperative of having a corporate “voice.”
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Jasu Hu Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.
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Axel Pfaender When Evidence Says No, but Doctors Say Yes
Long after research contradicts common medical practices, patients continue to demand them and physicians continue to deliver. The result is an epidemic of unnecessary and unhelpful treatments.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Trump Has Filled, Not Drained, the Swamp
The president has made a mockery of a promise at the core of his campaign. It is time for the #MAGA media to tell his supporters the truth.
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George Packer Responds to Ta-Nehisi Coates
There’s a lot to admire in Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new essay. It’s one of those pieces that grabs you with its…
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Jose Luis Magana / AP How Democrats Gave the GOP One More Chance to Repeal Obamacare
Their debt-ceiling deal with President Trump cleared up a busy congressional calendar and may have removed a big hurdle for Republicans facing a September 30 deadline.
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Dan Saelinger The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous
Its faith-based 12-step program dominates treatment in the United States. But researchers have debunked central tenets of AA doctrine and found dozens of other treatments more effective.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters The Limits of Black Economic Self-Sufficiency
In her new book, the law professor Mehrsa Baradaran argues that financial independence can only go so far without government backing.
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Netflix Lady Gaga's Illness Is Not a Metaphor
A new film details the reason the star postponed her recent tour—and will test cultural attitudes about gender, pain, and pop.
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Brynn Anderson / AP Providing Abortions in the Deep South
Willie Parker discusses his Christian faith, teen moms, and what’s next for abortion access.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters How the Rest of the World Heard Trump's UN Speech
Even Iran, with its abysmal human-rights record, feels comfortable criticizing the U.S.
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ABC / YouTube The Anger of Jimmy Kimmel
On Tuesday, the late-night host once again devoted his show to the politics of American health care. This time, though, he offered indignation rather than tears.
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Seth Wenig / AP Trump's Indecisive, Ill-Prepared Debut at the United Nations
The meaning of Trump’s fire and fury foreign policy.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters How the Hotel Industry Views Its Future (and Airbnb)
A conversation with the editor of Hotels, a trade publication covering full-service and luxury lodging
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Oz Architecture Designing a Better Antarctic Base for Science
The largest community on Antarctica is set for a series of radical upgrades to its decaying infrastructure.
