Why do women stay with their abusers? Here’s one overlooked reason.
Relationship abuse is about coercion and control. One of the biggest levers of that power is money.
By Emily NixThe wizards of AI can’t give it a brain, or heart, or consciousness
This software — like all other software — is unconscious. Building conscious software wasn’t the goal of this project.
By David GelernterWhat a KGB arrest of a journalist in 1986 tells us today
Russian security services play by devious rules in framing U.S. journalists
By Philip TaubmanWhat a 2001 investigation into an FBI spy can tell us about the Discord leaker
The case of Robert Hanssen revealed serious flaws in the federal government's internal security.
By Glenn FineThe bomb saved countless lives in WWII. But we must never use it again.
Today's bombs are a hundred times more destructive.
By Evan ThomasReaders react to an op-ed lamenting the loss of a literary magazine
Christian Lorentzen wrote about the demise of his beloved Bookforum, which he described as “a scrappy quarterly with an outsize impact in the world of letters.”
By Washington Post StaffFor movie lovers, there’s a darker side to Netflix ending DVD rentals
Sure, the red envelope business was old-fashioned. But what about all the films unavailable to stream?
By Ty BurrReaders react to an op-ed on period weirdness after covid vaccines
A biological anthropologist noted complaints about weird periods after receiving a coronavirus vaccine. Here is how readers responded to her essay.
By Washington Post StaffHow to defend against the rise of ChatGPT? Think like a poet.
In the AI age, language — not science, engineering or mathematics — could be the hill humanity dies on.
By Jaswinder BolinaBiden’s new electric car rule puts the country on the wrong road
How the new EPA rule on electric vehicles could backfire on the president.
By Robert E. GradyAI could cause a mass-extinction of languages — and ways of thinking
Large language models imperil ways of seeing, knowing and creating.
By Viorica MarianDon’t want a baby because of climate fears? You’re not alone.
Some older Americans call young people’s anxieties absurd. But the choice not to have children in the face of crisis goes back centuries.
By Peggy O’Donnell HeffingtonWhy reports of period weirdness after covid shots were ignored
Menstrual changes matter to millions of people. Yet medical professionals keep failing to ask the right questions.
By Kate ClancyWhat the death of a literary magazine says about our cultural decay
In an era of cultural disintegration, we need more than ever the intelligence, verve and criticality of a well-edited little magazine.
By Christian LorentzenThere’s another pandemic raging. It’s targeting the young and online.
The country's leadership overreacted to the coronavirus, but are committing the opposite mistake with social media, better termed antisocial media.
By Mitch DanielsThe U.S. needs to relearn how to tell its story to the world
When it comes to getting strategic messaging, Russia and China are running laps around us. Here's how we can change that.
By Robert M. GatesLast year’s sunflowers save this year’s garden
In high northern Colorado, where the snow still falls, a gardener patiently anticipates spring flowers.
By Camille T. DungyThis plan for a third-party presidential bid in 2024 is dangerous
A No Labels ticket would be a stalking horse for an extreme MAGA Republican candidate.
By Jonathan Cowan, Rahna Epting and Patrick GaspardBeyond noncompetes, firms use these tactics to stop workers from leaving
A proposed ban on noncompetes is a worthwhile effort. Unfortunately, the FTC's proposal falls short.
By Sandeep VaheesanBackyard bees disfigure yards in ways we are only beginning to comprehend
Are urban beekeepers making it harder for native bees to thrive?
By Tove Danovich