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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.

Reality's End

The current era of “fake news” may soon seem quaint. Video manipulation is eroding society’s ability to agree on what’s true—or what’s even real.

The Peculiar Blindness Of Experts

Credentialed authorities are comically bad at predicting the future. But reliable forecasting is possible.

Desus And Mero Beyond The Bronx

Can the stars of the hit podcast Bodega Boys subvert late-night TV?

How I Hacked Facebook

Algorithms have made the social network predictable and dreary. My quest to make it random and fun.

The Martyr And The Pope

What The Canonization Of scar Romero Says About The Catholic Church And Its Embattled Leader

Adison Vs. The Mob

The founders designed a government that would be insulated from the heat of popular sentiment, but they didnt anticipate the unbridled passions of the digital age.Here show the constitutional order can survive.