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Advice
How to feel okay about your body in the age of OzempicHow to feel okay about your body in the age of Ozempic
Advice

There are ways to actively resist the idea that your life would be better if you lost some weight.

By Kyndall Cunningham
Technology
Teen boys are using ChatGPT as their wingman. What could go wrong?Teen boys are using ChatGPT as their wingman. What could go wrong?
Technology

AI is teaching teenagers about love now.

By Anna North
Podcasts
The surprising gender gap at the heart of America’s baby bustThe surprising gender gap at the heart of America’s baby bust
Play
Podcasts

Gen Z men want kids. Gen Z women have questions.

By Sean Illing and Anna North
Video
Filming British romance is all about locationFilming British romance is all about location
Play
Video

From moors to manors, the key to adapting 19th-century romance on film is in Great Britain’s epic landscapes.

By Benjamin Stephen
The Supreme Court’s Republicans just seized the most dangerous power in constitutional law
Politics

The Court’s latest ruling invokes a power that corrupts every court that wields it.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
The Texas Democrat trying to reclaim Christianity from the rightThe Texas Democrat trying to reclaim Christianity from the right
Politics

Democrats want fighters. A Texas Senate candidate is focused on faith.

By Christian Paz
Life
How to use AI for your taxes — and how not to use itHow to use AI for your taxes — and how not to use it
Life

Don’t let ChatGPT do your taxes. But do let it help.

By Adam Clark Estes
The hottest new winter sport is about to get even hotter
Climate

Skimo enters the Winter Olympics at the most tragic time.

By Paige Vega
Culture
The party-fication of productivityThe party-fication of productivity
Culture

How getting things done turned into a social event.

By Kyndall Cunningham
How plant-based marketing took over everything — even diapers
Life

Cautious consumerism isn’t a bad thing, but there’s a lot we don’t know about these products.

By Adam Clark Estes
Is Grindr dead?
Culture

Grindr changed gay hookups. Now, ads, bots, AI, and cultural ubiquity have turned it into a ghost town.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Podcasts
The real reasons people love playing gamesThe real reasons people love playing games
Podcast
Podcasts

A seemingly trivial practice has deep benefits — but there are times we simply don’t get them.

By Sean Illing
The Highlight
Is America turning on birth control?Is America turning on birth control?
The Highlight

It’s a weird time to talk about contraceptives. Here’s what the debate is missing.

By Hannah Seo
Culture
How the left taught the right to hate white womenHow the left taught the right to hate white women
Culture

The “AWFUL” moniker is the latest way to express disdain for “annoying” women.

By Constance Grady
Life
Talk to your kids about ICETalk to your kids about ICE
Life

“This is not just an issue for immigrant families,” one expert said. “It’s an issue for all families.”

By Anna North
The Highlight
The wild card group that could scramble America’s political alliancesThe wild card group that could scramble America’s political alliances
The Highlight

Why Catholics could be the key to Trump’s opposition.

By Katherine Kelaidis
Life
There’s an underrated (and cheaper) type of therapyThere’s an underrated (and cheaper) type of therapy
Life

Its “disadvantages” can also be its strengths.

By Eleanor Cummins
Life
Is MAGA pushing the Catholic Church to the left?Is MAGA pushing the Catholic Church to the left?
Life

Progressive Catholics are ready to fight back.

By Christian Paz
The Highlight
You want a baby. Is it ethical to choose surrogacy?You want a baby. Is it ethical to choose surrogacy?
The Highlight

The line between medically necessary and elective surrogacy isn’t as tidy as people assume.

By Sigal Samuel
Technology
AI agents could change your life — if they don’t ruin it firstAI agents could change your life — if they don’t ruin it first
Technology

ChatGPT is boring compared to what comes next.

By Adam Clark Estes
Life
Why your kid is yelling “chicken banana”Why your kid is yelling “chicken banana”
Life

Is this the next “6-7”?

By Anna North
Future Perfect
How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyondHow to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond
Future Perfect

What Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now.

By Sara Herschander
Life
The one goal that unites most Gen Z menThe one goal that unites most Gen Z men
Life

Gen Z men are surprisingly excited about parenthood.

By Anna North
Even Better
What kids lose without snow daysWhat kids lose without snow days
Even Better

Virtual learning means missing out on a different kind of education.

By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
Politics
Supreme Court considers whether teachers must be informants against their studentsSupreme Court considers whether teachers must be informants against their students
Politics

Plaintiffs from the religious right are asking the Republican justices to seize control of public schools.

By Ian Millhiser
Podcasts
How the prenup became mainstreamHow the prenup became mainstream
Podcast
Podcasts

The surprising embrace of prenuptial agreements by millennials and zoomers, explained.

By Avishay Artsy and Noel King
Culture
Why expensive airline “premiums” don’t feel special at allWhy expensive airline “premiums” don’t feel special at all
Culture

From getting to pick your seat to boarding in a better zone, airlines have turned “premium” add-ons into big profits.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Technology
My new neighbors are robotsMy new neighbors are robots
Technology

What’s standing in the way of our robot overlords.

By Adam Clark Estes
Politics
ICE is forcing a reckoning among America’s religious leadersICE is forcing a reckoning among America’s religious leaders
Politics

A moment of truth in Minnesota.

By Christian Paz
Policy
Why universal child care is closer than ever in New YorkWhy universal child care is closer than ever in New York
Policy

One of Zohran Mamdani’s most expensive ideas has surprising early momentum.

By Anna North
Technology
Gadgets are getting worse and more expensive at the same timeGadgets are getting worse and more expensive at the same time
Technology

Blame AI.

By Adam Clark Estes
Politics
The Supreme Court seems poised to deliver another blow to trans rightsThe Supreme Court seems poised to deliver another blow to trans rights
Politics

Trans athletes always faced a difficult road in this Court.

By Ian Millhiser
Life
How fit do we really need to be?How fit do we really need to be?
Life

Experts explain whether there’s such a thing as too much fitness.

By Hannah Seo
Culture
Airports and airlines have a fake service dog problemAirports and airlines have a fake service dog problem
Culture

Why so many people take advantage of airlines’ service dog loophole.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Technology
AI’s ultimate test: Making it easier to complain to companiesAI’s ultimate test: Making it easier to complain to companies
Technology

Imagine actually enjoying a customer service experience.

By Adam Clark Estes
Culture
Grok’s nonconsensual porn problem is part of a long, gross legacyGrok’s nonconsensual porn problem is part of a long, gross legacy
Culture

Elon Musk claims tech needs a “spicy mode” to dominate. Is he right?

By Constance Grady
Culture
Erika Kirk and Marjorie Taylor Greene are playing with the same archetypeErika Kirk and Marjorie Taylor Greene are playing with the same archetype
Culture

How ambitious is a MAGA woman allowed to be?

By Constance Grady
Politics
How the Minnesota fraud scandal could upend American child careHow the Minnesota fraud scandal could upend American child care
Politics

A viral video has prompted a Trump administration crackdown on funding.

By Anna North
Politics
The Supreme Court confronts the trans rights movement’s toughest legal battleThe Supreme Court confronts the trans rights movement’s toughest legal battle
Politics

Trans advocates would face a difficult road in the sports cases, even if the Court weren’t dominated by Republicans.

By Ian Millhiser
Life
How to turn casual friends into close friendsHow to turn casual friends into close friends
Life

Better friendships can just start with an emoji.

By Hannah Seo