One young woman claims to know what is wrong with girls today: They need to turn to the right.
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News Influencers and Gen Z Are Reshaping News
Gen Z increasingly relies on influencers for news and information—but the quality is all over the place.
Archiving Joy
At the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago, the past is alive and fighting.
Women Are Not OK
Some lessons from our fellow primates, and a warning to men
The Real Moral Majority
Sen. Chris Murphy has a sense of what ails America, and he wants to restore its spiritual core.
Who Died When Elon Musk Killed USAID?
Nicholas Enrich’s new memoir details the human toll of the agency’s dismantling.
How Israel Got This Way
A new book by a genocide scholar traces the roots of the nation’s descent.
We Need a Pulitzer for Substacks
These individual newsletters are a whole new genre. At their best, they have breathed new life into journalism and public discourse.
What, Exactly, Is a Fair Wage?
Arindrajit Dube brilliantly dissects how wages really are set—but overlooks the particular hurdles that care workers face.
Vertical Vertigo
Brian Callaci’s book describes the deregulatory strategies franchisors use to protect their profits.

