In this issue

‘You Are Being Punished’
In the first days of the war, Russian troops locked an entire Ukrainian village in a school basement for nearly a month.
By Svitlana Oslavska

Machine Yearning
In their rush to get in on AI, tech companies are making the same mistakes they did with social media.
By Andrew R. Chow and Billy Perrigo

PREVENTABLE DEVASTATION

In Turkey, a pair of lethal earthquakes indicts a government

3 mins

Why does the U.S. keep shooting down UFOs?

IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF FEBRUARY, THE U.S. Air Force shot down four flying objects that had intruded on the skies over North America, a deployment of force unprecedented during peacetime.

3 mins

Bolsonaro's surreal new life as a Florida man

A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH AGO, HE WAS LEADING the fifth largest country in the world.

5 mins

His mission: changing how we think about racism

NOT LONG AFTER HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST WAS PUBLISHED in August 2019, the book’s author, the historian and National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi, found his work an unexpected touch point in the conversation about the persistence of racism in American society.

6 mins

Portrait of a Leader April 20, 1959

The World Is Now My Home

2 mins

How I helped Trump and Giuliani undercut Ukraine

THE OTHER DAY I WATCHED SOME STREET INTERVIEWS in Moscow. The first person said the Russian invasion of Ukraine was justified because Ukrainian government officials were Nazis.

3 mins

What's at stake in Nigeria's presidential election

NIGERIA—AFRICA’S most populous country, largest economy, and top oil producer—will hold a presidential election on Feb. 25. Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, now finishing his second four-year term, is ineligible to run for reelection. Even if he could run, he probably wouldn't win.

2 mins

INSIDE THE BASEMENT WHERE AN ENTIRE UKRAINIAN VILLAGE WAS HELD CAPTIVE FOR 25 HARROWING NIGHTS

SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE INVASION OF UKRAINE, Russian troops entered the village of Yahidne. They forced the residents out of their homes and into the basement of the local school, which they had turned into their headquarters.

10+ mins

WHERE WES MOORE COMES FROM

The Maryland governor may be the Democrats' most talented newcomer since Barack Obama

10+ mins

THE AI ARMS RACE IS CHANGING EVERYTHING

Tech companies are betting big on AI. Are they making the same old mistakes?

10 mins

Gender Politics

SPAIN'S MINISTER OF EQUALITY IS PUTTING ONE OF EUROPE'S MOST FEMINIST GOVERNMENTS TO THE TEST

7 mins

KING OF THE WORLD

After weathering a decade of skepticism, James Cameron revels in the success of the Avatar sequel

10 mins

The strange case of the resurgent whodunit

THE THIRD SEASON OF THE NETFLIX THRILLER You ended with a red herring.

5 mins

Rebecca Makkai goes back to high school

IF YOUR PRESENT SELF COULD RECKON WITH the past, what would you try to resolve? That's the question that haunts Bodie Kane, the protagonist of I Have Some Questions for You, Rebecca Makkai's slow-burning crime novel, to be published Feb. 21.

5 mins

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