The U.N. Issues a Final Warning on the Climate—and a Plan
The I.P.C.C. report contains no new data; nevertheless, it manages to alarm in new ways.
March 20, 2023
The Curtain Rises on Trump’s Legal Dramas
Trump is shrewd enough to reap political gain if he is indicted this week. But his strategy of playing the martyr may have run its course.
March 18, 2023
What Secrets Does the “Donald Trump of Beijing” Know?
The case against Guo Wengui could expose more about America’s politics than China’s.
March 16, 2023
Hip-Hop at Fifty: An Elegy
A generation is still dying younger than it should—this time, of “natural causes.”
March 16, 2023
Why Did the Biden Administration Approve the Willow Project?
Drilling for more oil in the Alaskan Arctic would be, in the President’s own words, a “big disaster.”
March 13, 2023
How a Decade of Pope Francis Has Changed the Church
The Pontiff has shown that Catholicism is a dynamic institution, whose leader can face unresolved questions openly.
March 13, 2023
The Latest Attack on the Abortion Pill Is Forty Years in the Making
If a Texas lawsuit prevails, mifepristone will no longer be available anywhere in the nation, even in states where abortion is legal.
March 9, 2023
The Inside Story of the U.N. High Seas Treaty
A new global agreement protects marine life in parts of the ocean that laws have been unable to reach.
March 9, 2023
Florida Takes Aim at the First Amendment
Two bills in the Republican-controlled state legislature propose radical alteration to libel laws.
March 6, 2023
Lab Leaks and COVID-19 Politics
The latest report on the origin of the virus behind the pandemic is still inconclusive, but there are lessons to be learned from it.
March 3, 2023