Last year, at the U.N. General Assembly, Donald Trump scoffed at the “empty words” that make up deliberations; panned green policies as a “con job”; and berated European leaders in the room for letting in migrants from countries whose leaders were also in the room. He returns to the U.N. next week.

With teachers and students returning to the classroom, the hosts of Critics at Large reflect on the art of education itself.

Employees of A.I. companies are increasingly sounding the alarm. What should we make of their warnings?

In an unsigned ruling, the Supreme Court demonstrated that it is willing to limit Donald Trump’s agenda.

There is an emergent Silicon Valley gospel that has challenged both the boundaries and the mechanisms of shame in America, and it has a potential voice in the chatbot, Jay Caspian Kang writes.

Funny drawings from this week’s magazine.

The author Joyce Carol Oates reads her short story from this week’s issue. Listen here.

Generational wealth shapes our futures and friendships, whether we talk about it or not.

In the twenty-five years since 9/11, the U.S. has waged several military campaigns against extremism around the world, resulting in the deaths of almost a million people. What has it accomplished?

In the twenty-five years since 9/11, the U.S. has waged several military campaigns against extremism around the world, resulting in the deaths of almost a million people. What has it accomplished?

The former state senator replaced Graham Platner as Maine’s Democratic nominee. But, as he reminded voters over Labor Day weekend, “it could have been anyone else.”

The political operative Adam Jentleson once believed “the way for Democrats to win was to get your base really riled up.” He’s now trying to wrest the Party away from its far-left flank.

It became immediately evident that this was terrorism on an unexampled scale. The twentieth century had ended, and the twenty-first had begun.

After winning a state election this past weekend, the German far right is closer to power than it has been in decades.

New reporting from Haaretz shows that, before October 7th, the Israeli Prime Minister was told to expect an “earthquake” from Gaza—and didn’t inform his security chiefs.

Increasingly, people are ignoring social norms in favor of a narrow self-interest. The results are disastrous.

Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? A five-part podcast series from In the Dark investigates.

Funny drawings from this week’s magazine.

So far, the proliferation of A.I. models such as Claude and ChatGPT hasn’t led to mass displacement of workers. But deployment is accelerating and economic pressures are rising.

Daysi González, who works to elect Democrats, is gearing up to leave the U.S. as soon as this month. She wants her own party to pay attention.

The author Hisham Matar reads his short story from this week’s issue. Listen here.

Both the prosecution and the defense tried to tell tidy stories. But, in the end, five weeks of testimony from more than eighty witnesses couldn’t resolve the central mystery of Lindsay Clancy’s state of mind.

In both the ballroom and the mail-in-ballot cases, the President has tested the Justices’ willingness to stop him in his tracks.

Trump is touting his huge Venezuelan oil deal, but his interventions abroad are having unintended consequences.

He lovingly paints immigrants, praises free trade and diplomacy, and rues the coarsening of American politics. Why won’t he talk about Donald Trump?