Why we need a Memorial Day for civilian victims of war
America mourns its war dead on Memorial Day — but not the civilians killed by American weapons in Iran, Gaza,…
You can do everything right and things can still go wrong. “Moral luck” is a way to live with that.
Philosophers Bernard Williams and Susan Wolf offer a helpful way to think about harm and self-blame, including in parenting.
How clips ate the internet
Is all content doomed to be clipped now? The Verge’s Mia Sato explains.
Climate change’s worst-case scenario is officially canceled
Climate scientists just retired the worst-case scenario that drove 15 years of “uninhabitable Earth” coverage. The future left is still…
A death doula’s advice on thinking about mortality
A death doula explains her work, the death-positive movement, and more.
What we see when we look into the eyes of a bird
Science fiction novelist Ray Nayler, author of Mountain in the Sea, talks about his novel Palaces of the Crow and…
How the Oklahoma City Thunder became the NBA’s villains
Why basketball fans hate the best team in the NBA
The best thing Democrats can do for the climate: Stop talking about it
Climate expert Matt Huber explains why Democrats should focus on other issues.
Democrats don’t need an autopsy to know what they did wrong
There’s been no bitter public reckoning — but there is a quiet consensus among party elites. Is it right?
How Trump plans to build his arch
The president’s Ozymandias moment, briefly explained.