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The Fantasy of a Nonprofit Dating App

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

Imagine if digital matchmakers had no financial incentives.

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The Ultimate Antidote to Toxic Behavior Online

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

Changing your perception and withholding your attention are great ways of regaining control over online abuse.

Latest The New, Unsettling Truth at the Center of <em>Yellowjackets</em>

The New, Unsettling Truth at the Center of <em>Yel...

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

Its characters can never truly escape danger, in the past or present.

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The Big Ideas That Can Banish Trolls

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

Changing your perception and withholding your attention are great ways of regaining control over online abuse.

Latest Watching Opera on a Jumbotron

Watching Opera on a Jumbotron

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

And why I wouldn’t recommend it

Latest The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer’s Remorse

The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer’s Remorse

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

With every new policy and offhand remark, Trump belies the imaginary versions of himself that inspired many of his supporters.

Latest The Dream of a Dating App That Doesn’t Want Your Money

The Dream of a Dating App That Doesn’t Want Your M...

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

Imagine if digital matchmakers had no financial incentives.

Latest The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping

The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

Despite ever-higher sticker prices, the real cost of getting a degree has been going down.

Latest The Era of ‘Might Makes Right’

The Era of ‘Might Makes Right’

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

In the MAGA vision of the national interest, America will be more like Russia, China, and Iran.

Latest The End of the Postwar World

The End of the Postwar World

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

Trump's rhetorical attack on Ukraine sends a dark message to America’s other allies.

Latest Americans Are Stuck. Who’s to Blame?

Americans Are Stuck. Who’s to Blame?

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

Yoni Appelbaum on his new book, Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity

Latest This Is What Happens When the DOGE Guys Take Over

This Is What Happens When the DOGE Guys Take Over

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

Inside the federal agencies where Elon Musk’s people have seized control, fear and uncertainty reign.

Latest A Terrible Milestone in the American Presidency

A Terrible Milestone in the American Presidency

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

Trump switches sides in the war for freedom.

Latest DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data

DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies.

Latest A Trump Cabinet Pick Gets a Rare GOP Grilling

A Trump Cabinet Pick Gets a Rare GOP Grilling

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

The fate of Lori Chavez-DeRemer could show whether Trump will soften the party’s long-standing opposition to labor unions.

Latest DOGE Has ‘God-Mode’ Access to Government Data

DOGE Has ‘God-Mode’ Access to Government Data

Vidcon   Feb 20, 2025  0

The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies.

Latest DOGE’s Reign of Ineptitude

DOGE’s Reign of Ineptitude

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

Slashing and burning won’t help with efficiency.

Latest A Cautionary Tale for Trump Appointees

A Cautionary Tale for Trump Appointees

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

The evidence of the past few days suggests they are all deluding themselves.

Latest The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Directly From Trump Officials

The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Direc...

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

NIH officials said they were given no advanced warning and less than an hour to post the memo publicly.

Latest Elon Musk’s Reign of Terror

Elon Musk’s Reign of Terror

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

Slashing and burning won’t help with efficiency.

Latest Intimidating Americans Will Not Work

Intimidating Americans Will Not Work

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

Trump is punishing Americans who don’t say the words he likes best. That’s not how it works in America.

Latest Trump Hands the World to China

Trump Hands the World to China

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

Xi Jinping could only have dreamed of such rapid destruction of American power.

Latest Trump Could Start a New Pipeline Fight

Trump Could Start a New Pipeline Fight

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

A tax credit for carbon capture has fans in the oil industry.

Latest Incompetence Leavened With Malignity

Incompetence Leavened With Malignity

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

The Trump administration’s Ukraine policy is liable to end in disaster.

Latest Why People Feel Nostalgic for Terrible Times

Why People Feel Nostalgic for Terrible Times

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

Some people miss the early, eerie first few months of the pandemic, when time seemed to have stopped.

Latest New York Belongs to Trump Now

New York Belongs to Trump Now

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

New Yorkers want their mayor held accountable.

Latest Who Is Running the United States, Musk or Trump?

Who Is Running the United States, Musk or Trump?

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

In an interview with Sean Hannity, three men demonstrated that they have no idea how American democracy works.

Latest A Divorce Memoir With No Lessons

A Divorce Memoir With No Lessons

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

Haley Mlotek’s new book provides neither catharsis nor remedies for heartache, but rather a tender exploration of human intimacy....

Latest One Climate Subsidy That Trump Could Get Behind

One Climate Subsidy That Trump Could Get Behind

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

A tax credit for carbon capture has fans in the oil industry.

Latest The Party of Reagan Is Selling Out Ukraine

The Party of Reagan Is Selling Out Ukraine

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

Even pro-Ukraine Republicans have been silent on Donald Trump’s deference to Vladimir Putin.

Latest Sean Hannity Tries to Calm the Waters

Sean Hannity Tries to Calm the Waters

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

Who is running the U.S., Trump or Musk?

Latest Who Is Running the United States?

Who Is Running the United States?

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

In search of an answer, I watched Sean Hannity’s Fox News interview with President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

Latest The New, Unsettling Truth at the Heart of <em>Yellowjackets</em>

The New, Unsettling Truth at the Heart of <em>Yell...

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

Its characters can never truly escape danger, in the past or present.

Latest DOGE’s Fuzzy Math

DOGE’s Fuzzy Math

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

The department’s current efforts—and Musk’s obsession with fraud—are not likely to make a dent in the country’s deficit.

Latest The Unbelievable Is the New Normal on <em>Yellowjackets</em>

The Unbelievable Is the New Normal on <em>Yellowja...

Vidcon   Feb 19, 2025  0

The show’s new season leans into its own absurdity.

Latest ‘Not My President’s Day’: Thousands Gather in Protest Against Trump

‘Not My President’s Day’: Thousands Gather in Prot...

Vidcon   Feb 18, 2025  0

Images of some of yesterday’s nationwide anti-Trump rallies, ranging from Alaska and California to Massachusetts and Florida

Latest Frozen Food’s New Wave

Frozen Food’s New Wave

Vidcon   Feb 18, 2025  0

The freezer can now be an arsenal of taste.

Latest Want to Change Your Personality? Have a Baby.

Want to Change Your Personality? Have a Baby.

Vidcon   Feb 18, 2025  0

I knew that becoming a parent would change me—but I had no idea how.

Latest The New Globalism

The New Globalism

Vidcon   Feb 18, 2025  0

How MAGA is reimagining foreign policy

Latest January 6 Still Happened

January 6 Still Happened

Vidcon   Feb 18, 2025  0

The Trump administration can pardon the insurrectionists and delete pages of evidence. But it cannot hide what took place on that ...

Latest How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right

How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to t...

Vidcon   Feb 18, 2025  0

Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and political authorities.

Latest When Robert Frost Was Bad

When Robert Frost Was Bad

Vidcon   Feb 18, 2025  0

Before he became America’s most famous poet, he wrote some real howlers.

Latest Could Having a Baby Make Me a Better Person?

Could Having a Baby Make Me a Better Person?

Vidcon   Feb 18, 2025  0

I’d tried to leave my neurotic, anxious personality behind. Then I became a parent, and everything changed.

Latest ‘There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Reading Instruction’

‘There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Reading...

Vidcon   Feb 18, 2025  0

Readers respond to our December 2024 issue and more.

Latest The Dark History Behind Public Education

The Dark History Behind Public Education

Vidcon   Feb 18, 2025  0

Schools weren’t meant to set you free, one political scientist argues.

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Vidcon   Feb 17, 2025  0

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Latest Seven Great Reads

Seven Great Reads

Vidcon   Feb 17, 2025  0

Spend time with stories on how invisible habits drive your life, America’s “marriage material” shortage, and more.

Latest The ‘Gulf of America’ Is the Wrong Fight to Pick

The ‘Gulf of America’ Is the Wrong Fight to Pick...

Vidcon   Feb 17, 2025  0

The more that politicians mess around with place names, the more important it is to respond according to consistent principles.

Latest How the Woke Right Replaced the Woke Left

How the Woke Right Replaced the Woke Left

Vidcon   Feb 17, 2025  0

The hypocrisy of Trump’s language wars

Latest <em>Saturday Night Live</em> Played the Wrong Greatest-Hits Reel

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Vidcon   Feb 17, 2025  0

The sketch show’s much-hyped anniversary prime-time special suffered from a case of recency bias.

Latest The Rise of the Woke Right

The Rise of the Woke Right

Vidcon   Feb 17, 2025  0

A few conservatives are calling out the hypocrisy of Trump’s language wars.

Latest The Death of Government Expertise

The Death of Government Expertise

Vidcon   Feb 17, 2025  0

Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree

Latest The Coming Democratic Baby Bust

The Coming Democratic Baby Bust

Vidcon   Feb 17, 2025  0

Birth rates on the left fell in the last Trump presidency. It seems likely to happen again.

Latest How Progressives Broke the Government

How Progressives Broke the Government

Vidcon   Feb 16, 2025  0

Democrats’s cultural aversion to power has cleaved an opening for Trump.

Latest A Proven Way to Ease L.A.’s Housing Crisis

A Proven Way to Ease L.A.’s Housing Crisis

Vidcon   Feb 16, 2025  0

States around the country are showing Southern California how to rebuild.

Latest Other States Are Showing L.A. How to Rebuild

Other States Are Showing L.A. How to Rebuild

Vidcon   Feb 16, 2025  0

A simple, proven reform could stem the city’s spiraling housing crisis.

Latest Five TV Shows That the Critics Were Wrong About

Five TV Shows That the Critics Were Wrong About

Vidcon   Feb 16, 2025  0

These series deserved more or less fanfare than they received, according to our editors.

Latest The Biggest Obstacle to Progressive Success

The Biggest Obstacle to Progressive Success

Vidcon   Feb 16, 2025  0

Democrats’s cultural aversion to power has the rendered government incompetent and cleaved an opening for Trump.

Latest Do It for Gilda

Do It for Gilda

Vidcon   Feb 16, 2025  0

The too-short life of a comedy genius is a reminder to the rest of us to make good use of the time we are given.

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Flaco Lives

Vidcon   Feb 15, 2025  0

Visiting the New York Historical’s new exhibit on a tragically deceased celebrity owl

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