What if the sexual revolution hadn’t killed courtship? That’s the fantasy that plays out in the raunchy Netflix hit, writes Kat Rosenfield.

A reader has finally moved on after her husband cheated and left her. ‘The difficulty is my oldest daughter,’ she writes. Our advice columnist weighs in.

We had a busy year. Here is some of the work we’re proudest of.

As pardons soar, a defender of Trump during his impeachment might help win clemency for two men because of the president’s lingering resentment of the Mueller investigation, writes Gabe Kaminsky.

Mike Pence says Minnesota is a warning. Ruy Teixeira on how Trump overplayed his hand on immigration. Violent threats against lawmakers are on the rise. Elon’s robotaxi pipe dream. And much more in today's Front Page.

Rabbi Moshe Davis cites progress fighting anti-Jewish hate in a report being issued Wednesday. It might be his last official action, writes Olivia Reingold. “I currently have the job until I hear otherwise,” Davis says. “I’m ready to serve.”

Our newsroom’s resolutions, Peter Savodnik on how to throw a New Year’s Eve party, Suzy Weiss on ‘Marty Supreme,’ and much more.

Michael Shermer LIVE with Coleman Hughes: How to Tell What’s True When Everyone’s Yelling.

In the UK, deaths could outnumber births this year. To understand why, Kara Kennedy spoke to the women driving the trend.

Eric Adams’ cryptocurrency made no sense. That was the point, writes Mark Gimein—meme coins are supposed to make you feel dumb.

New York’s socialist mayor fumes about the ultrarich, but his agenda is likely to pinch mom-and-pops, writes Peter Coy.

Vivek Ramaswamy is running for governor of Ohio—and betting that optimism wins the Rust Belt. Peter Savodnik reports.

Americans deserve to have safe streets, our laws enforced, and our constitutional rights respected, writes Mike Pence. All have been violated in Minneapolis by leaders of both parties.

Eight weeks, 3,000 immigration agents, and 3,500 arrests, writes Madeleine Rowley. Was the ‘surge’ in Minneapolis worth it?

Politicians are increasingly worried about a culture that sees them as targets for violence, regardless of their politics, writes Tanner Nau.

The mainstream obituaries of the ‘Dilbert’ cartoonist have focused on his ‘controversial’ statements and support for the president. But that’s just one small part of his legacy, writes Coleman Hughes.

This week in American history: A failed invasion of Quebec marked the Revolution’s greatest early defeat—and defined the early limits of the American union. Read historian Jonathan Horn's latest newsletter for The Free Press.

Trump is dominating the world stage. But at home, inside the MAGA movement he created, his authority is quietly eroding, writes Michael Doran.

Elon Musk called self-driving cars a ‘solved problem’ 10 years ago, writes Patrick McGee. So how come he’s still working on it?

A survivor of Iran’s brutal campaign of retribution tells his story.

The president overreached on mass deportations, writes Ruy Teixeira. Now voters may back Democrats in a fight over ICE funding.

A new documentary shows how the hallowed investigative reporter fell into a trap of his own ideological making.

Write poems. Go to confession. Find beauty in the ordinary. Our commitments for the new year.

Timothée Chalamet’s Ping-Pong movie has been a huge hit online, but does it deserve the acclaim?

To liberals, performing in the newly renamed venue is seen as collaboration with the enemy—and boycotting it as an act of resistance. It’s not that simple.

Before the Donroe Doctrine, there was the Roosevelt Corollary: If the United States didn't want European powers intervening in Latin America, it would sometimes have to do so itself. Read Jonathan Horn's latest installment of "This Week in American History."

Long before Minneapolis, Americans argued over the authority to send in forces to cities in crisis. One revolutionary war standoff shows how old—and familiar—that debate is.

Critics of U.S. action to support Iranian protesters have their history wrong, argues Eli Lake.

I had nowhere to run until a pregnancy center took me in, writes Jean Marie Davis. A coming Supreme Court ruling could end a campaign to shut them down.

The ICE fallout continues in Minneapolis. Plus: Tyler Cowen asks if AI can bring us closer to God. Stop being so weird about ‘Heated Rivalry.’ Rachel Goldberg-Polin on the return of the last hostage. And more in today's Front Page.

The Supreme Court will likely let states bar trans athletes from public-school teams, and it all comes down to the definition of woman or girl, writes Jed Rubenfeld.

As doctors, we owe our patients the truth: You cannot defy biology.

Everyday citizens are tasked with 5 a.m. patrol shifts, license plate-tracking, and rapid response teams. Olivia Reingold reports from inside anti-ICE Signal group chats.

The U.S. could spend a trillion dollars on data centers, and still lose the real AI war to China, writes Patrick McGee.

Iran’s leaders are betting that they can slaughter protesters by the thousands while the world watches, writes Roya Hakakian.

Niall Ferguson, Tyler Cowen, Nellie Bowles, Suzy Weiss, and other Free Press writers fess up to mistakes they made this year.

Trump says he is ‘de-escalating’ in Minneapolis. But as activists celebrate, others remain on edge. Olivia Reingold reports.

The West wants a revolution in Iran. What’s actually happening is a counterrevolution—and history shows those are usually doomed to fail, writes Niall Ferguson.

Our columnists fess up to their mistakes. Tyler Cowen on precious metal price surges. How antisemitism infected human rights advocacy. And much more.

A city committee called for giving $5M to every black resident affected by discrimination.

In the coming era, believers may turn to charismatic religious leaders—or to oracular machines, write Tyler Cowen.

Insiders say Columbia University failed to cooperate with its own government-mandated antisemitism watchdog, Maya Sulkin reports.

Heroes emerge even—or especially—in times of great darkness. Here are a few of the people we’re thankful for as we end the year.

‘Heated Rivalry’ is the equivalent of smashing together two Ken dolls: harmless but also weird, writes River Page.

Finally, no Israeli hostages are left in Gaza. But for us bereaved families, the eternal hurdle is figuring out how to wake up each morning with part of our souls elsewhere, writes Rachel Goldberg-Polin.

Populists blame investors for high prices and poor conditions, but their anti-market policies would worsen the problem.

Donald Trump isn’t just trolling us anymore, writes Rupa Subramanya in her latest This Week from Canada newsletter. We also are losing our minds, not just our clothes, about Grok.

Mainline Protestantism tried to reject the extremes of evangelical Christianity while also resisting the pull toward nonreligion. In doing so, it accelerated its own demise, writes Ryan P. Burge in an excerpt from his new book.

Yascha Mounk searched five major progressive publications for coverage of Iran’s uprising. Combined results: zero.

Philanthropist Sigrid Rausing says her trust had to cut grants to organizations that mixed calls for social justice with apologies for October 7.