In this issue

Our Story So Far
The author of Caste takes another look at the system that enforces inequality
By Isabel Wilkerson

Smuggling An Internet
The clandestine efforts to get Starlink receivers to protesters in Iran
By Karl Vick

TRUMP'S 2024 TEST

His first campaign stops reveal a candidate unsure of what his base wants

3 mins

Why are groceries SO expensive right now?

BRIDGETTE MOORE, A 40-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OF FIVE from Lake Park, Ga., has noticed that her family’s grocery bill is much higher these days—way over her $200 weekly budget.

3 mins

A snowless future foretold on Europe's tawny slopes

WHEN FELLOW SKIERS SENT AMADEO REALE PHOTOS OF churned mud and grassy slopes at their French and Swiss ski resorts in January, he shuddered in sympathy, but felt no sense of foreboding.

5 mins

5 ways to find the right therapist for you

Research shows that people who have a good relationship with their therapist get the most out of therapy. "I tell friends that they should like talking to their therapist and feel like their therapist likes talking to them, because a strong relationship will generally lead to better outcomes," says Emily Maynard, a psychotherapist in California. But even after figuring out who's affordable and available, finding a provider who's the right fit for your personality and needs can take some work. Mental-health experts recommend casting a wide net, not getting discouraged, and taking advantage of the free 15-minute phone consultations that most practitioners offer to figure out if you'd like to work together. Here are five other things to reflect on when choosing a therapist.

2 mins

When science meets seafood

SANDHYA SRIRAM IS IMPATIENT. THE STEM-CELL scientist wanted to put her knowledge to use developing cultivated seafood, but no one was doing that in Singapore.

4 mins

CIVILIZATION OVER NATION

Israel is no longer a liberal democracy. As Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government took office on Dec. 29, its illiberalism was evident. No longer a matter for debate or polite embarrassment, the contempt for liberal ideas brings disparate factions together: against the media and intellectuals and increasingly against the old Western-inspired Israeli political system and constitution.

3 mins

The secret tax on women's time

WHEN STUDIES REVEALED THE SO-CALLED PINK TAX, showing in 2015 that personal hygiene products “for her” cost 13% more than similar products for men, it caused outrage and action.

2 mins

Sleepwalking into a less secure future

EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC, EXPERTS PROJECTED THAT the world economy could shrink by almost 10% in 2020. Yet what played out was a contraction of 3.1%—still a huge loss of output, but not nearly as dire.

3 mins

David Beasley

The head of the World Food Programme worries about 2023

3 mins

Our Enduring Discontents - HOW TO UNDERSTAND AMERICA

How did our country arrive at this moment of rupture and fury? How is it that mass shootings, even of children in their classrooms, and police killings of unarmed citizens of color like Tyre Nichols have become a feature of our days?

10+ mins

Death by American Brutality

THE BEATING OF TYRE NICHOLS IS HARD TO WATCH. BUT WE MUST BEAR WITNESS

8 mins

SHADOW NETWORK

Inside the clandestine effort to smuggle a free internet into Iran, one dish at a time

7 mins

Hollywood Movies Just Aren't as Sexy as They Used to Be. Blame Superheroes

Channing Tatum's stripper Magic Mike pulls on bookcases and beams in the Miami home of a wealthy woman played by Salma Hayek Pinault. Hayek Pinault's character looks confused, but if you've seen a Magic Mike movie, you know Mike is testing whether the furniture will hold up to his swinging and gyrating.

10 mins

THE QUANTUM LEAP

Quantum computing will transform our worldand create a 21st century \"space race\"

10 mins

KEEPING AI IN CHECK

Why ChatGPT's creator is pro-regulation

4 mins

OLDER,WISER, WAY MORE FUN

Movies aimed at older women, like 80 for Brady, are often derided-but they belong to a time-honored genre

5 mins

Apocalypse (possibly) now

It’s the end of the world. Or is it?

5 mins

The network comedy is Not Dead Yet

THE LATEST COMEDY TO JOIN ABC'S PRIME-TIME LINEUP tells what is, in many ways, a familiar story.

3 mins

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