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The Test-Tube Chef
Herv This, the father of molecular gastronomy, thinks the meals of the future should be constructed from chemical compounds.
Why I Put My Wife's Career First
Most mothers cannot do more. Greater numbers of fathers must take on primary parenting roles - as I have. The well-being of children, the status of women, and the happiness of men all depend on it.
Our Fragile Constitution
Misreading history, the Founders established a fundamentally flawed system of government. America's best hope may be to have less faith in it.
The Anti-Redskin
In the fight over the team's name, Ray Halbritter is an adversary unlike any the NFL has faced before.
Why Some Doctors Are Prescribing More Time Outdoors
Why some doctors are writing prescriptions for time outdoors.
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration: Part I-II
After decades of mass incarceration that have left the United States with the largest incarcerated population in the world, politicians of all stripes are suddenly declaring the policy a mistake. But their pronouncements have failed to reckon with the phenomenon's deep historical roots, or with the damage it has done to black families. Fifty years after Daniel Patrick Moynihan's report on "The Negro Family"tragically helped launch this assault, it's time to reclaim his original intent.
Bill Gates - "We Need An Energy Miracle"
Bill Gates has committed his intellect, his influence, and his personal fortune to propelling the world beyond fossil fuels fast enough to outrace potentially cataclysmic climate change.
The Investment Secrets Of Al Gore
Al Gore has in mind nothing less than a new version of capitalism - one that reduces environmental and social damage, while still rewarding investors. The record of his 10-year-old firm, Generation Investment Management, suggests he may be onto something.
Black Gotham
Memorializing Manhattan’s earliest African residents.
Power Causes Brain Damage
Over time, leaders lose mental capacities—most notably for reading other people—that were essential to their rise.
The Plan to End Europe
Why does Donald Trump want to undo the post–World War II order?
Jet-Age Chic
Eero Saarinen’s soaring TWA terminal was an icon of mid-century cool. Now it’s being reincarnated as an airport hotel.
Apps for Refugees
How technology helps in a humanitarian crisis
How Late-Night Comedy Fueled the Rise of Trump
A MONTH AFTER the election, Trevor Noah, the host of The Daily Show, published an op-ed in The New York Times that sought to position himself and his show as instruments of healing in a broken land.
Mexico's Revenge
By antagonizing the U.S.’s neighbor to the south, Donald Trump has made the classic bully’s error: He has underestimated his victim. On issues ranging from counterterrorism to China, the Mexican response could be devastating.
Conservatism Without Bigotry
Republicans must reckon with their policies’ racial effects. That would be more likely if liberals stopped carelessly crying racist.
Can Unions Stop The Far Right?
If it weren’t for working-class voters, Germany’s recent election could have been a lot worse.
The Odyssey And The Other
What the epic can teach about encounters with strangers abroad and at home
Boycott The Gop
The party is now a threat to the constitutional order. Even conservatives must vote against Republicans at every opportunity.
Building A Better Office
WeWork thinks it’s optimized the workplace for creativity and productivity. Has it?
Carry Me Back
Race, history, and memories of a Virginia girlhood.
May It Please the Court
In more than a decade as a trial lawyer, I’ve watched in frustration as male attorneys rely on a range of courtroom tactics that are off-limits to women. Judges and juries reward men for being domineering— and expect women to be deferential. This cultural bias runs deep and won’t be easily overcome. I have the trial transcripts to prove it.
You Buy It, You Break It
How private equity is killing retail
Is the American Idea Over?
Not yet—but it has precious few supporters on either the left or the right.
The Pakistan Trap
How Afghanistan’s neighbor has subverted U.S. policy in America’s longest war
Pop Culture's Failure To Rage
Why songs and TV shows are full of postelection angst about feeling impotent, complicit, despondent— and what a more constructive future of protest art might look like
The Nancy Pelosi Problem
The first female speaker of the House has become the most effec tive congressional leader of modern times—and, not coincidentally, the most vilified.
Where Fantasy Meets Black Lives Matter
A much-anticipated young-adult debut taps into a tradition of speculative fiction rooted in African culture.
The Poet Laureate Of Englishness
Revisiting A. E. Housman in the age of Brexit
What Lies Beneath
Buried deep under an island in the Baltic, the world’s first permanent nuclear-waste repository is nearing completion. If all goes according to plan, future generations may not know it’s there.