Geraldo Cadava on 07/01/2025 G Geraldo Cadava
What Therapists Treating Immigrants Hear
Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.
Hua Hsu on 06/30/2025 H Hua Hsu
What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.
Hilton Als on 06/30/2025 H Hilton Als
Finding a Family of Boys
Leaving Brooklyn for a new life as a college student in Manhattan was in itself an act of becoming.
Rachel Monroe on 06/23/2025 R Rachel Monroe
The Mütter Museum Reckons with Human Remains in Its Collection
Supporters saw the Mütter’s preserved fetuses, skulls, and “Soap Lady” as a celebration of human difference. New management saw an ethical and a political minefield.
Jay Caspian Kang on 06/23/2025 J Jay Caspian Kang
Heir Ball: How the Cost of Youth Sports Is Changing the N.B.A.
Pro sports have long seemed like the closest thing we have to a true meritocracy. But maybe not anymore.
Grace Byron on 06/29/2025 G Grace Byron
The Grim State of Trans Health Care
With the “Big Beautiful Bill” in flux, and federal funds for gender-affirming care hanging in the balance, protections for trans children and adults continue to be dismantled at the state level.
Jeannie Suk Gersen on 06/28/2025 J Jeannie Suk Gersen
Trump, Congress, and the War Powers Resolution
How we got to a situation where a President can reasonably claim that it is lawful, without congressional approval, to bomb a country that has not attacked the U.S.
Graciela Mochkofsky on 06/28/2025 G Graciela Mochkofsky
ICE Detains a Respected Immigrant Journalist
Mario Guevara became a target of the law-enforcement and immigration agencies he covered. Others may be next.
Ruth Marcus on 06/27/2025 R Ruth Marcus
The Supreme Court Sides with Trump Against the Judiciary
Its ruling lets the President temporarily revoke birthright citizenship—and enforce other unconstitutional executive orders without fear of being blocked by “rogue judges.”
Isaac Chotiner on 06/27/2025 I Isaac Chotiner
Inside the Mind of a Never Trump War Hawk
Why Eliot Cohen, an intellectual architect of the Iraq War, thinks Trump was right to strike Iran.
Isaac Chotiner on 06/24/2025 I Isaac Chotiner
What Have the U.S. and Israel Accomplished in Iran?
It remains to be seen how long the ceasefire will hold, but the Iranian regime is unlikely to end its nuclear program anytime soon.
Isaac Chotiner on 06/22/2025 I Isaac Chotiner
The Dangerous Consequences of Donald Trump’s Strikes in Iran
Why even a successful attack might do less to curb the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions than a diplomatic deal would have.
Isaac Chotiner on 06/18/2025 I Isaac Chotiner
Donald Trump’s No-Strategy Strategy on Iran
How the President could drag the U.S. into a new war in the Middle East.
John Cassidy on 06/30/2025 J John Cassidy
The Case for Zohranomics
As some Wall Street billionaires melt down over Zohran Mamdani’s policy platform, a prominent progressive economist argues that it meets the moment.
Louisa Thomas on 06/29/2025 L Louisa Thomas
The Sincaraz Era Is Tennis Reborn
In Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, the sport has not only its next great rivalry but a moment that highlights everything the sport can be.
Jon Allsop on 06/27/2025 J Jon Allsop
What the Iran Strikes Reveal About MAGA
The movement has survived all sorts of political stress tests, but there’s one schism that could actually pose a problem.
John Cassidy on 06/23/2025 J John Cassidy
Why Passing the Stablecoin GENIUS Act Might Not Be So Smart
Critics say enacting the pro-crypto legislation will make the financial system less safe and less stable—and further enrich Donald Trump.
Susan B. Glasser on 06/27/2025 S Susan B. Glasser
A Week for the Ages in the Annals of Trump Suck-Uppery
The NATO secretary-general goes all in on strategic self-abasement while meeting with his American “Daddy.”
Nick Estes on 06/26/2025 N Nick Estes
Leonard Peltier’s Story Isn’t Over Yet
The Native activist spent nearly fifty years in prison for the killing of two F.B.I. agents. In January, Joe Biden commuted his sentence, and he went home.
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on 06/25/2025 B Benjamin Wallace-Wells
What Zohran Mamdani’s Defeat of Andrew Cuomo Means for the Democrats
On Tuesday, the thirty-three-year-old left-wing mayoral candidate sent an unmissable message to his party: be new.
Eric Lach on 06/25/2025 E Eric Lach
Zohran Mamdani Leads in the New York City Democratic Mayoral Primary
A few months ago, the “no-name” state assemblyman seemed destined to lose to Andrew Cuomo. On election night, he redrew the city’s political maps.
Ruth Marcus on 06/25/2025 R Ruth Marcus
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Declaration of Independence
The newest Justice is increasingly willing to condemn the actions of the conservative majority, even when that means breaking with her liberal colleagues.
Jon Cohen on 06/24/2025 J Jon Cohen
The Drug That Could Revolutionize the Fight Against H.I.V.
World leaders are dismantling global health programs and cutting back foreign aid. Will an extraordinary new medicine be able to outpace the damage?
Robin Wright on 06/23/2025 R Robin Wright
Can Ayatollah Khamenei, and Iran’s Theocracy, Survive This War?
The future of the Islamic Republic may be shaped more by the country’s culture and politics than by the military prowess of its opponents.