Speak at Your Own Risk
Donald Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment
Ideas
Researchers Say They’ve Found the Truth About Thomas Jefferson
A secret 15-year effort has produced genetic evidence that one of the nation’s Founders fathered children with a woman he enslaved.
The Goal of Contemporary Journalism
Jeffrey Goldberg, Amna Nawaz, and Joe Kahn discussed how to sustain a free press in an era of public distrust, social-media punditry, and a hostile federal government.
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The Other Way AI Impairs Our Thinking
Suddenly the technology is sapping people’s concentration in a new way, one that abstaining from AI won’t fix.
College Is Coming Apart
Successive, overlapping crises reveal that American higher education makes no sense.
Who Made America Poorer and Dirtier?
The people in charge are really hoping you’ll blame someone else.
A Plan to Pay Married Mothers Not to Work
J. D. Vance has a terrible proposal.
Destroying Humanity Is Against the Law
Don’t wait for a mass-extinction event before holding AI developers accountable.
The American Age Is Over
A period of global dominance has ended in plain sight.
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Trump’s Position on AI Makes No Sense
If the president is so concerned about staying ahead in the AI race, why is he letting Chinese companies buy American chips?