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Essay
Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are in on the Joke
What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.
By Hanif Abdurraqib
Comment
Flash Floods and Climate Policy
As the death toll climbs in Texas, the Trump Administration is actively undermining the nation’s ability to predict—and to deal with—climate-related disasters.
By Elizabeth Kolbert
Letter from the Southwest
Recovering the Dead in Texas’s Flash-Flood Alley
In the wake of disaster, people are relying on the volunteer fire department, the backbone of the Hill Country.
By Rachel Monroe
Fault Lines
Elon Musk’s “America Party” Might Be Worth Taking Seriously
The billionaire’s latest venture into U.S. politics points to cracks in the two-party system—even if it might flop.
By Jon Allsop
Letter from Trump’s Washington
Did Trump Really Just Break Up with Putin?
It’s never easy to tell which flip or flop the flip-flopper in the White House means.
By Susan B. Glasser
The Lede
Why a Devoted Justice Department Lawyer Became a Whistle-Blower
In the first Trump Administration, “they didn’t say ‘Fuck you’ to the courts,” Erez Reuveni said.
By Ruth Marcus
The Lede
Is There Still Time to Be Hopeful About the Climate?
Scientists have long insisted that we can and must limit global warming to 1.5 degrees—and some still do, even as that grim milestone nears.
By Daniel A. Gross
Annals of a Warming Planet
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
By Bill McKibben