The New Propaganda War
Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.
Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world.
Some parents argue that forcing children to say they’re sorry is useless or even harmful. The reality is more nuanced.
These titles reflect on what drives our species to seek out the uncharted and unknown.
I argued that Jens Söring was wrongfully convicted of a double murder, and in 2019, he was released on parole after three decades in prison. Then I started having doubts about the case.
An awkward, unfunny cold open fails to meet the moment.
A tiny start-up has made some of the most convincing AI voices. Are its creators ready for the chaos they’re unleashing?
As Tibetan Buddhism spreads through China, Xi sees an opportunity to consolidate his rule.
I thought my mother was an only child. I was wrong. (From 2023)
America still can’t figure out how to memorialize the sins of our history. What can we learn from Germany? (From 2022)
Flag dishes you want to make, or don’t: The point of this practice is pleasure, not pragmatism.
Why has the media establishment become so unpopular? Perhaps the public has good reason to think that the media’s self-aggrandizement gets in the way of solving the country’s real problems. (From 1996)
“Hemingway says somewhere that the good writer competes only with the dead. The good detective story writer … competes not only with all the unburied dead but with all the hosts of the living as well.” (From 1944)
Some scientists are starting to reopen a provocative debate: Are plants intelligent?
A new season of the How To series from The Atlantic