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Culture
What happens when a Christian relationship expert’s marriage falls apart?What happens when a Christian relationship expert’s marriage falls apart?
Culture

Advice author Lysa TerKeurst has a devoted audience, a dozen bestselling books — and she’s divorced.

By Aja Romano
Even Better
You grew up with your siblings. Do you need to be friends, too?You grew up with your siblings. Do you need to be friends, too?
Even Better

The loving, aggravating, inescapable relationship that lasts a lifetime.

By Allie Volpe
Culture
Can you do 11 push-ups? Should you?Can you do 11 push-ups? Should you?
Culture

Are we all just “wellness bros” now?

By Kyndall Cunningham
Explain It to Me
How to talk to your boomer parents about retirementHow to talk to your boomer parents about retirement
Explain It to Me

It’s time to take a hard look at your own finances — and theirs.

By Jonquilyn Hill
The unspoken rules of MAGA womanhood
Culture

How Kristi Noem and Karoline Leavitt offer two visions of conservative femininity.

By Constance Grady
Explain It to Me
Why are so many people into astrology?Why are so many people into astrology?
Explain It to Me

Astrology’s enormous appeal, explained for believers and skeptics.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Religion
Gen Z is finding religion. Why?Gen Z is finding religion. Why?
Religion

3 theories for Gen Z’s return to God and faith.

By Christian Paz
Supreme Court
Trump will almost certainly get away with banning trans people from the militaryTrump will almost certainly get away with banning trans people from the military
Supreme Court

Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to reinstate his ban on trans military service, after a lower court blocked it.

By Ian Millhiser
Life
Is this controversial policy helping kids — or making school more difficult?Is this controversial policy helping kids — or making school more difficult?
Life

How a day off can (and can’t) help children.

By Anna North
Plane crashes, pandemics, toxic spatulas. How do we live with so much risk?
Even Better

The world feels more menacing, even if it isn’t.

By Allie Volpe
Politics
The hidden religious divide erupting into politicsThe hidden religious divide erupting into politics
Politics

The “cradle” vs. “convert” fight comes to Washington.

By Katherine Kelaidis
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s “Don’t Say Gay” argument went disastrously for public schoolsThe Supreme Court’s “Don’t Say Gay” argument went disastrously for public schools
Supreme Court

Many of the justices seemed eager to impose impossible burdens on schools.

By Ian Millhiser
Religion
Pope Francis is dead. The Church must now confront an uncomfortable truth.Pope Francis is dead. The Church must now confront an uncomfortable truth.
Religion

The political balancing act at the heart of the new conclave.

By Katherine Kelaidis
Technology
The everyday electronics that won’t survive Trump’s trade warThe everyday electronics that won’t survive Trump’s trade war
Technology

Say goodbye to your $30 toaster.

By Adam Clark Estes
Conservatives have a plan for cheaper day care. But is it safe?
Policy

To understand the future of child care, look to Idaho.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Child Care
Inside one state’s fight to save child careInside one state’s fight to save child care
Child Care

Correspondent Rachel Cohen shares her reporter’s log from her trip to Boise, Idaho, to cover their political fight around child care.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Supreme Court
A Supreme Court case would take a wrecking ball to separation of church and state in schoolsA Supreme Court case would take a wrecking ball to separation of church and state in schools
Supreme Court

The Oklahoma charter school case is one of two April cases seeking to remake schools in the religious right’s image.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court threatens to bring “Don’t Say Gay” to every classroom in AmericaThe Supreme Court threatens to bring “Don’t Say Gay” to every classroom in America
Supreme Court

An influential Christian right law firm asks the justices to impose an impossible burden on teachers.

By Ian Millhiser
Culture
The strange link between Trump’s tariffs and incel ideologyThe strange link between Trump’s tariffs and incel ideology
Culture

Meet the lonely men who think the tariffs will get them girlfriends.

By Constance Grady
Even Better
When friendship means scheduling a dinner date four weeks outWhen friendship means scheduling a dinner date four weeks out
Even Better

Super-schedulers have a solution for our busy lives. Not everyone is a fan.

By Allie Volpe
Today, Explained podcast
The playbook Trump is following to deport protestersThe playbook Trump is following to deport protesters
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

The authors of Project 2025 are at it again with Project Esther, a plan that’s supposedly about fighting antisemitism.

By Amanda Lewellyn
Policy
Trump just made it harder to have a kid in AmericaTrump just made it harder to have a kid in America
Policy

The tariffs are a baby tax, too.

By Anna North
Even Better
A surprisingly useful tool for this year’s tax seasonA surprisingly useful tool for this year’s tax season
Even Better

Doing your taxes is technical and boring. It’s perfect for AI chatbots.

By Adam Clark Estes
Even Better
The best financial advice right now is the most counterintuitiveThe best financial advice right now is the most counterintuitive
Even Better

It feels terrible to do nothing while the market tanks. It’s still the best course of action.

By Allie Volpe
Explain It to Me
I can’t afford a house right now. Am I screwed?I can’t afford a house right now. Am I screwed?
Explain It to Me

There are other ways to invest in yourself besides homeownership.

By Jonquilyn Hill
My boyfriend wants to pay my expenses. Am I a bad feminist if I let him?
Future Perfect

I value my independence and don’t want my partner to end up controlling me.

By Sigal Samuel
Culture
Purity culture is back. Of course its latest victim is a teen girl.Purity culture is back. Of course its latest victim is a teen girl.
Culture

Bush-era purity culture is so back.

By Constance Grady
Education
Teens’ biggest worry about college under TrumpTeens’ biggest worry about college under Trump
Education

Going off to school has never felt more uncertain.

By Anna North
Technology
A skeptic’s guide to quitting your smartphoneA skeptic’s guide to quitting your smartphone
Technology

I spent a week living with the new Light Phone. It wasn’t long enough.

By Adam Clark Estes
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court seems poised to give religious employers a big winThe Supreme Court seems poised to give religious employers a big win
Supreme Court

Although there are unanswered questions about how far the Court will go.

By Ian Millhiser
Even Better
Get ahead of allergy season this yearGet ahead of allergy season this year
Even Better

The best regimen starts before you start sneezing.

By Allie Volpe
Life
What happens when kids get time off and parents don’t?What happens when kids get time off and parents don’t?
Life

The problem of spring break.

By Anna North
Technology
Your TV is watching youYour TV is watching you
Technology

Roku, Amazon, and practically every company in the streaming business are inventing new ways to make money off your data.

By Adam Clark Estes
Culture
How fashion advice swung from “what not to wear” to “wear whatever you want”How fashion advice swung from “what not to wear” to “wear whatever you want”
Culture

I tried to find my personal style and all I got was this existential crisis.

By Constance Grady
Even Better
The realist’s guide to spring cleaningThe realist’s guide to spring cleaning
Even Better

Easy rules for decluttering, even for pack rats.

By Allie Volpe
Future Perfect
The rise of chatbot “friends”The rise of chatbot “friends”
Future Perfect

Wait, what is a friend anyway?

By Angela Chen
Life
You should be setting rejection goalsYou should be setting rejection goals
Life

Getting your dreams crushed can be surprisingly good for you.

By Jillian Anthony
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court appears determined to blow up its one good Voting Rights Act decisionThe Supreme Court appears determined to blow up its one good Voting Rights Act decision
Supreme Court

Apparently, we can’t even trust these justices to follow their own very recent precedents.

By Ian Millhiser
Explain It to Me
The only generation not in a sex recessionThe only generation not in a sex recession
Explain It to Me

It’s not just in the movies. Gen X women are having the best sex of their lives.

By Jonquilyn Hill
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s new religion case could devastate American workersThe Supreme Court’s new religion case could devastate American workers
Supreme Court

Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin risks giving employers a sweeping new power to ignore laws protecting their workers.

By Ian Millhiser