One young woman claims to know what is wrong with girls today: They need to turn to the right.
Books, Culture & the Arts
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.
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.
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.
The Legacy of the Subway Vigilante
Two new books reveal how a 1980s shooting reflected rising right-wing attitudes in a rapidly gentrifying New York.
Capital Ideas
Two books on the history of capitalism provide lessons for how to tame it.
‘Project Hail Mary’ Shows What Real Heroism Looks Like
It isn’t shooting the bad guy. It’s sacrificing to save your alien rock pal.

