A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
As police turn to facial recognition technology to identify suspects and solve cases, critics worry about privacy and false accusations
In Los Angeles, “defunding the police” led to disbanding a unit specially designed to help with homelessness
Donald Trump made gains among some Hispanic voters in 2020. Will the GOP continue the trend?
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Some conservatives say local successes show it’s possible to decrease the prison population without endangering public safety
Reassessing the young offender, public defender, and bail systems
In today’s wars, American troops face not one enemy, but three: jihadists, infiltrators, and lawyers
An excerpt from Dog Company, by Lynn Vincent and Capt. Roger Hill
‘Suffer the children’ ...
Especially in its earliest years, WORLD magazine was sometimes described by its boosters as a sort of “Christian Time magazine.” I always winced at that shorthand; it seemed so presumptuous. ...
Months into the invasion of Iraq by ISIS, I emailed a friend in Baghdad to check on his family and his church. Islamic State militants by that time controlled one-third of the country and could reach...
Here is how work regulation works on me: If there is not enough of it, I don’t know what I’m supposed to do; if there is too much of it, I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. ...
Sex is a powerful motivator. Millions of abused kids develop a pattern of sexual response that’s hard to break even when they know it is yucky. Millions of young adults cohabit, and some slide into...
On March 7, a bronze statue popped up on Manhattan’s Bowling Green at the intersection of Broadway and Whitehall. The timing, one day before International Women’s Day, is no accident: “Fearless Girl”...
Science
The U.S. government during the Obama administration frequently promoted its climate change agenda by manipulating scientific data, claims a former top official. Steven Koonin served as the Department...
Law
After Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy read his decision in Obergefell v. Hodges forcing states to recognize same-sex marriage in 2015, the late Justice Antonin Scalia piped in with a dissent...
Technology
Doctors typically use medical guidelines to assess a patient’s risk of heart attack. Those guidelines—based on years of experience and clinical practice—track risk factors for heart disease such as...
Lifestyle
McHugh Boulevard is a worn strip of pavement in the heart of Camp Lejeune, N.C. On an adjacent side street, a dozen brick buildings flank the curb. Light spills from the second story of one, where...
Movies & TV
At the Women’s March this January, when thousands of women from all over the nation coalesced to protest what they felt was a looming threat to women’s rights, some carried signs that read: “Make...
Movies & TV
It’s tough not to compare NBC’s midseason comedy Great News to other shows by Tina Fey. ...
Movies & TV
Perhaps no story has been as told and retold as the legend of King Arthur. Original incarnations of Arthurian mythology have been written in Latin, Russian, Hebrew, and Icelandic and date from as...
Children's Books
Finding Perfect ...
Books
Life After ...
Books
The Beginning of Politics by Moshe Halbertal and Stephen Holmes (Princeton, 2017) is a brilliant analysis of two brilliant books, 1 and 2 Samuel. The authors rightly praise “the way in which the...
Music
Souvenir ...
Music
Leave it to Ray Davies, pop music’s quintessential Englishman, to make a—if not the—definitive album about life in these United States. ...
Q&A
James Ackerman last year became the president and CEO of Prison Fellowship. Previously, he was an executive at media companies including A&E Television Networks, British Sky Broadcasting,...
Quotables
‘It’s beyond frustrating.’ ...
Human Race
Rescued ...
News
48 The number of combined strikeouts—a major league record—in a May 7 matchup between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees that stretched to 18 innings. Yankees won, 5-4. 50,000 The numb...
Quick Takes
Beast of burdens ...