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Young Democrats Have a New Favorite Clinton

At the DNC, Hillary Clinton has achieved something approaching icon status among Democrats coming of age.

Ketamine’s Catch-22

The drug has a hard-partying past—and a promising future in treating depression.

The Other Democratic President Outshone by His Wife

Young Democrats have a new favorite Clinton.

America Could Do Without Its Chief Wellness Officer

The “nation’s doctor” has turned from addressing smoking and nutrition to worrying about America’s emotional well-being.

She’s Everything. He’s Just Doug.

Democrats try a new model of masculinity.

The Asterisk on Kamala Harris’s Poll Numbers

Pollsters think they’ve learned from their mistakes in 2020. Of course, they thought that last time too.

The Most Important Medium In Politics

It’s still TV.

Sometimes You Just Have to Ignore the Economists

Kamala Harris’s proposed price-gouging ban might irritate academics, but it makes sense to everyone else.

The Wife-Guy Convention

Democrats try a new model of masculinity.

America’s Chief Wellness Officer

The “nation’s doctor” has turned from addressing smoking and nutrition to worrying about America’s emotional wellbeing.

TV Still Runs Politics

Just about every major development in the current presidential campaign started as a television event.

Why the Blue Wall Looms So Large

Once again, the presidential election will likely come down to how Democrats perform in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Economists Are Wrong About Price Gouging

Kamala Harris’s proposed federal ban might irritate academics, but it makes sense to everyone else.

The Polls Are Right This Time … Right?

Pollsters think they’ve learned from their mistakes in 2020. Of course, they thought that last time too.

The Ultimate Happiness Diet

What we eat clearly has a bearing on our well-being. But the best recipe for success centers on how we eat.

What Happens When Your Doctor Disappears?

In the earliest days of the pandemic, the DEA made a decision that transformed how people get prescription medications, including ...

The Wife Guy Convention

Democrats try a new model of masculinity.

Barack Obama’s Warning to Democrats

“All of us,” he told his party’s convention, “across the political spectrum, seem quick to assume the worst in others unless they ...

Silicon Valley Is Coming Out in Force Against an AI-Saf...

California State Senator Scott Wiener responds to his many critics.

The Truth About Celebrities and Politics

The Democrats and the Republicans both understand that fame is inextricable from American culture.

How Poetry Can Map Defiance

A conversation with the Diné poet Kinsale Drake about “Making a Monument Valley”

<em>Emily in Paris </em>Doesn’t Need a Makeover

Netflix’s silliest show is the epitome of guilty-pleasure viewing. It should probably stay that way.

The MAGA Aesthetic Is AI Slop

Far-right influencers are flooding social media with a new kind of junk.

Does Netflix’s Silliest Show Really Need to Get Serious...

Emily in Paris is the epitome of guilty-pleasure viewing—and should probably stay that way.

The Party of AI Slop

MAGA influencers are flooding social media with a new kind of junk.

Iceland’s Puffling Rescuers

Young people working to rescue lost young puffins in Iceland

Cape Cod Offers a Harbinger of America’s Economic Futur...

Spiraling housing prices in Provincetown are an extreme version of what’s happening in the U.S. as whole.

Republicans’ New, Dangerous Attempt to Break the Electi...

Even if the Supreme Court rejects this plea, the GOP will advance its cause of sowing doubt in the electoral process all the same.

The New Law of Electoral Politics

Can Kamala Harris break the global incumbency curse?

Kamala Harris Settles the Biggest Fight in the Democrat...

Since 2016, the party had been unable to decide on its best course forward.

The Democrats Aren’t on the High Road Anymore

The party has changed during, or been changed by, the Trump years.

What Gena Rowlands Knew About Marriage

The late actor mined the many contradictions of romantic love in her work, and never more brilliantly than in A Woman Under the In...

Could Donald Trump Break the Fed?

The former president wants to put an end to the central bank’s independence. If he’s elected in November, Republicans in Congress ...

Did God Save Donald Trump?

Many Americans believe the ex-president survived an assassination attempt because of divine intervention.

Can Kamala Harris Break the Global Incumbency Curse?

What many political analysts forecast as “the year of democracy” is turning out to be the year of the insurgents.

Provincetown, the Quintessential American Economy

Spiraling housing prices are a harbinger of an ever more unequal future.

The Obamas Are Ready to Fight

The Democrats aren’t on the high road anymore.

The Huge DNC Protest That Wasn’t

The pro-Palestinian “Crashing the Party” event was to the protests of Chicago 1968 as a scouting squad was to an army.

The DNC Is a Big Smiling Mess

The party is working out its differences. And that’s okay.

The Democrats Hone Their Trump Narrative

A conversation with Helen Lewis about the mood at the DNC

San Francisco’s Nocturnal Taxi Ballet

Why can’t I stop watching a livestream of a parking lot?

The Secret Lives of Robot Taxis

Why can’t I stop watching a livestream of a parking lot?

Abortion Takes Center Stage

The most emotional moment of the DNC so far has not been Joe Biden’s goodbye.

The Far Right Is Becoming Obsessed With Race and IQ

“Race science” has returned.

The New AOC

The progressive congresswoman is no longer speaking solely to the left-wing, but to the party as a whole.


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