The Bursting of the Tel Aviv Bubble
The liberal, cosmopolitan side of Israel is facing a moment of truth.
The Secret Code of Pickup Basketball
The game presents a social problem: How does one find comity among a group of jostling strangers?
The Questions Adam Hamawy Won’t Answer
He’s likely to end up in Congress. He still hasn’t fully accounted for why he once kept company with the man known as the Blind Sheikh.
The Collapse of Cuba
Hunger. Sickness. Blackouts. Abandoned streets. The withering of the state is shocking to behold.
Redistricting Isn’t Going as Republicans Planned
A North Carolina Democrat is trying to keep his seat in a district that’s been redrawn twice.
Is Radicalism the Answer?
The legal scholar Samuel Moyn argues that moderates have given up on the emancipatory promise of liberalism.
The Protect College Sports Act Isn’t Enough
A much-hyped piece of legislation is more bark than bite.
Inside the Plan to Send 1,000 DOJ Monitors to the Polls
The Justice Department has assured local officials that monitoring will follow past norms, but election clerks say they have reason to worry.
Forget Grit
Even the luminaries of the self-help genre have begun to recognize how little in life we can actually control.
The Case for Capitalizing the B in Black
Black and white are both historically created racial identities—and whatever rule applies to one should apply to the other.
I Gave Myself Three Months to Change My Personality
The results were mixed.
Choose Your Overlord
Musk vs. Bezos
Is There Anything BPC-157 Can’t Cure?
Proponents of the peptide say it can treat gingivitis, runner’s knee, even dementia.
What the U.S. Is Really Doing in Venezuela
Suppressing democracy and extracting resources at the expense of its people
Japan Earthquake, 2 Years Later: Before and After
Everything I Thought I Knew About Nasal Congestion Is Wrong
Start with this: You really have two noses.
The State Department Is in Disarray
It hasn’t received as much scrutiny as some parts of the Trump administration, but its personnel decisions reflect both disturbing ideas and general incompetence.