Judith Butler, for many years a professor of rhetoric and comparative literature at UC Berkeley, might be among the most influential intellectuals alive today. Even if you have never heard of them…
Social Media Is Not What Killed the Web
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Lunch at the Polo Club
After their second week of volunteer farmwork, Gabriel and Caro subjected themselves to a twin ordeal: lunch with her parents on Saturday, lunch with his on Sunday. The idea was to gain…
Dear Therapist: I Don’t Want to Take Care of My Aging, Homophobic Parents
Dear Therapist, I’m an eldest daughter in my late 20s, and when I was a teenager, my relationship with my parents significantly broke down. I left for college thousands of miles away,…
TikTok Should Be a Global Success Story. Beijing Has Made Sure It’s Not.
By all rights, TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, should be one of the world’s most respected companies. The technology start-up has created an innovative social-media platform with global appeal—an achievement that puts ByteDance…
The Joys of Chronic Rewatching
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Night Shift in the Home for Convalescents
There is much in this drawer that is no longer in use:a notebook with ribbon to mark passagesonce of some importance, a tortoiseshell comb sadlymade of tortoise shell, a prayer book boundin…
The Long, Twisted History of Russia and ISIS
The fault lines in Russian society have foretold yesterday’s atrocity for literally centuries. Stringer / AFP / Getty March 23, 2024, 12:23 PM ET A decade ago, when foreign fighters were flowing…
The Inner World of the Teen
Their stage of life defies clear categorization. Brian Finke / Gallery Stock March 23, 2024, 9:40 AM ET This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors…
Why Trump Won’t Stop Suing the Media and Losing
Why would the most notoriously cash-strapped man in America waste money on frivolous lawsuits? On Monday, Donald Trump—whose lawyers recently announced that he can’t come up with the money to post a…