There is one developed country—and only one—in which it is not only legal, but easy and convenient, to amass a private arsenal of mass slaughter. That country also happens to be the one—and the only o
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If Republicans want to make the case that Democrats are a bunch of dangerous socialists, they have an abundance of clips to choose from the two nights of the Detroit debate: Elizabeth Warren rubbing h
Do Democratic presidential candidates think they can win a Democratic primary by attacking Barack Obama? Many of them spent a lot of time doing just that at Wednesday night’s presidential primary deba
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Quick personality quiz just for fun: Which character from nightmare dystopian fiction are you? Mostly ‘A’s: You’re Winston Smith from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four — emotionally led, impulsive,
Last week, Ralph Reed, the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s founder and chairman, told the group, “There has never been anyone who has defended us and who has fought for us, who we have loved more than D
Steve and Teri Augustine met, fell in love and got married in a conservative evangelical Christian community. They grew up believing homosexuality was a sin, and that the “gay agenda” was an attack on
Long ago, I was captivated by a seductively intuitive idea, one many of my wealthy friends still subscribe to: that both poverty and rising inequality are largely consequences of America’s failing edu
There may be no American institution more polarizing than fast food. Whether it’s wages, health, the environment or those Colonel Sanders ads, the problems associated with the all-American meal inspir
I Was an Anti-Abortion Crusader. Now I Support Roe v. Wade. Overturning the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision would not be “pro-life.” It would be destructive of life. May 30, 2019 Credit... Cornelia Li B
At a Twitter all-hands meeting on March 22, an employee asked a blunt question: Twitter has largely eradicated Islamic State propaganda off its platform. Why can’t it do the same for white supremacist content? An executive responded by explaining that Twitter follows the law, and a technical…
Credit: Getty Images I was riding a bus recently and noticed an older man sitting outside a coffee shop on a busy sidewalk. He had set up a chessboard on the table in front of him, and he watched as p
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This tweet made me think a lot: First of all, as much as I hate this idea, I think this notion is correct. This trend has been happening for a long time, and it’s going to keep happening. I think it’s
Ta-Nehisi Coates. Photo: Cole Wilson/The New York Times/Redux In recent days, as Democrats debated the definition of “reparations,” Joe Biden rationalized his opposition to integration , and socialis
The defenders of “respectable” evangelicalism were out in force in 2017. In newspapers , magazines , and National Public Radio programs , they delivered a consistent message. That group of Trump-lovin
The Revolt of the Democratic Elites And the surprising strength of the rank and file. May 2, 2019 Bernie Sanders opened his presidential campaign at Brooklyn College in March. Credit... Todd Heisler/T
Much virtual ink has been spilled discussing the merits of the term “evangelical.” But the energetic attempts to declare #notallevangelicals fall short if they fail to ask, “Why does our theology lead
Anti-choicers are forcing Democratic candidates to defend supposed ‘birthday abortions’ — a procedure that doesn’t actually exist Published in GEN · 5 min read · Apr 19, 2019 -- Photo: Bill Pugliano/G
Before he allegedly walked into a synagogue in Poway, Calif., and opened fire, John Earnest appears to have written a seven-page letter spelling out his core beliefs: that Jewish people, guilty in his
It is no accident that quantum computing is being undertaken by some of the biggest IT companies in the world. Google, IBM, and Intel in particular have the capacity to devote a lot of resources to th
Editor’s note: The maps in this article have been corrected to address problems with two entries in the underlying data. People searching for some counties were shown different counties, and some saw
You want to do the right thing. But in a world where it often seems impossible to eat, shop, drive, travel, or pretty much do anything without causing some measure of harm to others and the planet, le
On the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight , an HBO show that often sounds as if The Daily Show and The Rachel Maddow Show had combined their writers’ rooms, John Oliver dedicated his monologue t
Mitch McConnell in the United States Capitol in December. Credit... Damon Winter/The New York Times Feature Mitch McConnell Got Everything He Wanted. But at What Cost? The president whom the Senate Re
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Tax Hike Idea Is Not About Soaking the Rich It’s about curtailing inequality and saving democracy. Jan. 22, 2019 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in November. Credit... Sarah Silbig
Y ou were going to get one-click access to the full text of nearly every book that’s ever been published. Books still in print you’d have to pay for, but everything else—a collection slated to grow la
While discussing the temporary end to the government shutdown on Friday afternoon, President Trump appeared to meander out of the Rose Garden and into a “Law & Order: SVU” episode. Once there, he desc
In the midst of an ongoing debate in which the president of the United States spews out lies about immigrants and immigration on a daily basis, NBC News éminence grise Tom Brokaw decided to do some my
1. The Aristocracy Is Dead … For about a week every year in my childhood, I was a member of one of America’s fading aristocracies. Sometimes around Christmas, more often on the Fourth of July, my fami
This spring, scientists and science writers alike celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Nobel Prize- winning physicist Richard Feynman. To mark the occasion, I sent out a tweet that inc
This video from Pop Culture Detective looks at how The Big Bang Theory reinforces misogyny with its joke construction, character arcs, and dialogue. The video’s creator and narrator, Jonathan McIntosh
The Remoralization of the Market The right response to economic populism. Jan. 10, 2019 By Opinion Columnist Suddenly economic populism is all the rage. In his now famous monologue on Fox News, Tucker
The Future Book was meant to be interactive, moving, alive. Its pages were supposed to be lush with whirling doodads, responsive, hands-on. The old paperback Zork choose-your-own-adventures were just
In response to Post opinion writer Paul Waldman’s essay about the current power of the minority in American politics, the American Enterprise Institute’s Norman Ornstein offered a stunning bit of data
Alex Stamos is a Hoover fellow and adjunct professor at Stanford University. He served as the chief security officer at Facebook until August. Yup, Sheryl Sandberg yelled at me. It was the day after I
Yochai Benkler, Rob Faris and Hal Robert, three scholars affiliated with Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center, have a new book, “Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in Ameri
Mail to Print page Submit a letter: Email us letters@nybooks.com Culture Club/Getty Images German President Paul von Hindenburg and Chancellor Adolf Hitler on their way to a youth rally at the Lustgar
Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple, discusses the company’s new iPhones at an event on Wednesday. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Emily Stewart covers business and econo
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