World
Lead story
Boomers are spending their kids’ inheritance and calling it self-care
The real crisis is that two generations are building financial plans around assumptions neither has spoken aloud.
Section
Analysis
Longer reads that connect dots others miss — across psychology, technology, and culture.
World
A $1.1 million 3D printer, a weeping mayor, and the FBI: Cairo’s ceremony economy
Cairo, Illinois was promised 30 duplexes from a $1.1 million 3D printer. Fourteen months later, the printer is gone and the FBI is investigating — a…
World
Omaha sits on 400 million pounds of lead contamination — and still doesn’t require…
Omaha sits on the nation's largest residential lead cleanup site, yet fewer than half the children in its most contaminated areas have ever been test…
Inside You
Why some people feel guilty when things are going too well
To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. You did something right. Things are going well. And somehow, you…
World
Built to break: the truth behind EU-US data agreements
Editor’s note: This article was originally written by Thomas Weyr in 2000 and has been updated in April 2026 to reflect current context and ensure re…
World
Democrats can’t decide whether to hand Trump warrantless surveillance powers — and…
The House faces a Wednesday vote on renewing warrantless surveillance authorities, and Democratic leadership's refusal to take a position reveals som…
World
Why most HVAC contractors are flying blind in their own market
To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. HVAC markets do not stay polite. They crowd, fragment, and intens…
World
170 civilians killed in military boat strikes and the budget lever keeping oversight sil…
The U.S. State Department is pressuring the hemisphere's human rights watchdog to ignore nearly 170 civilian deaths from military boat strikes — and…
World
Viktor Orbán lost Hungary not to liberal idealism but to hospital wait times and leaking…
Viktor Orbán's sixteen-year illiberal project in Hungary collapsed not because voters embraced liberal democracy in the abstract, but because an oppo…
World
Which brands Americans trust most reveals more about us than about them
The brands we trust are mirrors reflecting our anxieties, aspirations, and the identity stories we tell ourselves.