The Power Play Driving the Latest Vatican Crisis

An explosive letter calling on the pope to resign may say more about its author than anything else.

Rachel Donadio

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Louis C.K. and the Men Who Keep Getting What They Want

The #MeToo comebacks are coming. And they’re revolving, once again, around the desires of those who needed to negotiate the returns in the first place.

Megan Garber

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Trump’s New College Sexual-Assault Policy

How a hypothetical accusation could actually play out in practice, if the Education Department’s proposed rules become law

Caroline Kitchener and Adam Harris

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When Having a Progressive Record Isn’t Enough

Ayanna Pressley’s challenge to the Democrat Mike Capuano in Massachusetts shows how the left is looking for candidates with “lived experience.”

Elaine Godfrey

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America Soured on My Multiracial Family

When my wife and I adopted our daughter from Ethiopia in 2010, we did so full of hope. In the years since, we’ve faced ugliness that has robbed us of our optimism—and left us fearful for the future of our country.

David French

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Why Technology Favors Tyranny

Artificial intelligence could erase many practical advantages of democracy, and erode the ideals of liberty and equality. It will further concentrate power among a small elite if we don’t take steps to stop it.

Yuval Noah Harari

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The Jordan Peterson All-Meat Diet

The famous psychologist and his daughter swear by a regimen of eating only beef. Restriction can provide a sense of order in a world of chaos—but at what point does restriction become a disorder?

James Hamblin

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Big Tech's Newest Experiment in Criminal-Justice Reform

The unicorn start-up Slack is launching an apprenticeship program for formerly incarcerated people. But will the industry ever hire from the inside en masse?

Alexis C. Madrigal

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Photos: Along the Namibian Coast

Namibia has nearly a thousand miles of coastline, shaped by the winds and largely unpopulated, where the Namib Desert meets the Atlantic Ocean.

Alan Taylor

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Space Art Is Causing a Ruckus Among Astronomers

The line between culture and clutter can be hard to trace, even hundreds of miles above Earth.

Marina Koren

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The Dangerous Myths of South African Land Seizures

Reactionaries on either side of the Atlantic are empowering one another.

David Frum

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Slightly More Than 100 Fantastic Articles

A list of nonfiction journalism from 2017 that will stand the test of time.

Conor Friedersdorf

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How ‘LOL’ Changed the Way We Talk

The acronym has ushered in a new era of informal communication.

Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

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