World
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Newyork
Hollywood’s New Fantasy: A Magical, Colorblind Past
Films and TV shows keep reimagining history as a multiracial dream world. Is that really a step forward?
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Newyork
Javier Milei Is a New Prophet of Apocalyptic Capitalism
In Davos, Switzerland, this January, a new icon of capitalist resentment took the stage. President Javier Milei of Argentina won a landslide victory in November on a platform of unapologetic libertarian economics and a campaign of ready-to-meme ...
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Newyork
100 Days of Javier Milei
Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei, has been in office for just over 100 days. Since his inauguration on Dec. 10, Mr. Milei, a far-right libertarian, has been on a mission to end what he has described as “an orgy of public spending” by previous ...
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Newyork
An Arsenal of Mysteries: The Terrifying Allure of a Remote Caribbean Island
Every year, I spend a month or two in Puerto Rico, where my mother’s family is from. Often I go in winter, with the other snowbirds, finding solace among palm trees. But I’m not a tourist, not really. I track the developers that privatize the ...
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News
Weirdly Warm Winter Has Climate Fingerprints All Over It, Study Says
Recent heat waves in cities worldwide have the hallmarks of global warming, researchers said. And last month was the hottest February on record.
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Books
Inspired by a Real Mystery, This Novel Skewers the Art World
In “Anita de Monte Laughs Last,” by Xochitl Gonzalez, two Latina women working a decade apart fight to break out in the New York art scene.
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Books
Barbie and Bella: Two Different Shades of Female Liberation
The Oscar best picture hopefuls “Barbie” and “Poor Things” look nothing alike, but their central characters go on similar journeys.
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Newyork
The G.O.P. Returns to Its Bad Old Self
I’ve recently been reading about Warren Buffett’s father, Howard Buffett, a four-term Republican congressman from Nebraska. He seems to have been a very good father, but his political worldview was predicated on a deep pessimism. He was so convinced ...
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Science
Why Leap Day Is Really About Party Planning
Judah Levine, top time researcher, explains how Feb. 29 was invented to keep the major holidays from colliding.
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Newyork
The World May Be Entering a Much Bloodier Era
War is on the rise everywhere. When the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London published its authoritative Armed Conflict Survey in early December, it counted 183 conflicts globally in 2023 — higher than had been recorded in 30 years ...