The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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An Existential Threat to the Oil Industry
Can the energy giants be held responsible for extreme weather?
Israel Can’t Postpone Its Reckoning Forever
Intractable divides between the secular and the religious pose a bigger problem for the country than any external threat.
What Were My Dreams Trying to Tell Me?
To make sense of my deepest experiences, I needed a new way of talking about the soul.
Sons and Mothers
My mother devoted her life to teaching writers. Becoming one meant escaping the story she had written for me.
MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
Jackie Collins Wrote Her Own Revolution
The novelist imagined women enjoying equality in the bedroom and the boardroom. Are we any closer to living in that world?
The Election Deniers’ Long Game
Right-wing activists have slowly taken control of a significant part of America’s local election apparatus. The country isn’t prepared for what they might do.
Mothers for Sale
Most of Europe bans commercial surrogacy. The United Nations likens it to slavery. But in the United States, business is booming.
Will Taiwan Just Give Up?
The Taiwanese don’t trust Trump, and they don’t believe America will come to their defense. A deal with China is starting to look inevitable.