From the daily newsletter: recession indicators are everywhere; and why the Supreme Court misunderstands Trump.

The memes responding to Trump’s seesawing tariff policy hint at a collective psychological state.

More precise names for the “Personal Life” section on Wikipedia. Tough-guy things I can do because I don’t wear a face mask.

My hair is parted to the side—it looks so nerdy parted in the middle! I know I’m still dating myself, but what do I care? At ...

The philosopher and biographer analyzes works of life-writing that straddle fact and fiction, and what makes them art.

A legal scholar argues that the judiciary’s “passive-aggressive approach” to the Trump Administration is doomed to fail.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has some of the largest deposits on Earth. Its President wants to sell them—and win a ...

As I.R.S. employees toil through tax season, their agency is being dismantled by the government it powers.

People who love Phish do so with a quasi-religious devotion. People who dislike Phish do so with an equal fervor.

When I caught up with Elizabeth Warren, the senior Democratic senator from Massachusetts, by telephone on Wednesday evening, ...

Last year, for my birthday, my wife gave me a copy of “ I Remember ,” an unusual memoir by the artist Joe Brainard. It’s a ...

From the daily newsletter: the constitutional rights of embryos. Plus: evidence of starvation, dehydration, and neglect in ...