Ryan Lizza
Paul Ryan’s Health-Care Vise
By Ryan Lizza
Ryan has produced a bill that nobody would ever propose as a sane solution to the problems with Obamacare. Its only chance is speed.
Business, Science & Tech
Elements
A Prehistoric Killer, Buried in Muck
By Brent Crane
Hunting the teeth of the Megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, can be very profitable—and very dangerous.
Currency
The Trouble with Silicon Valley’s I.P.O. Optimism
By Om Malik
When Snap went public, tech investors rejoiced. But will the company make good on the hype, or fail like others before it?
The World of Business
Financiers Fight Over the American Dream
By Sheelah Kolhatkar
A hedge fund planned to make a fortune—and do good—by exposing how Herbalife preyed on the poor. What went wrong?
The Financial Page
Trump’s Mysterious Stock Boom
By James Surowiecki
Markets hate uncertainty, so why do they love an unpredictable President?
Spotlight
A Reporter at Large
Donald Trump’s Worst Deal
By Adam Davidson
The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
News Desk
Christian Bakers and Gay Weddings
By Roger Parloff
A bakery refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. The Supreme Court might not hear the case, but the conflict can’t last long.
Elements
What Do You Call the Last of a Species?
By Michelle Nijhuis
Although the word “endling” has yet to enter the dictionary, it has given scientists, artists, and writers a new way of reckoning with extinction.
Currency
The Not-So-Surprising Survival of Foursquare
By Aaron Gell
The company has lasted not because of what Foursquare delivers to users but because of what users have been delivering to Foursquare.
Video
How Will Trump’s Presidency End?
By The New Yorker
In the first of an ongoing series of panel discussions called “Public Forum: A Well-Ordered Nation,” David Remnick asks Salman Rushdie, Tony Kushner, and Claudia Rankine how they envision the final days of the Trump Administration.
Profiles
Profiles
Can Behavioral Science Help in Flint?
By Sarah Stillman
An unusual team of White House scientists works through the final days of the Obama Administration.
Profiles
Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny
By Tad Friend
Is the head of Y Combinator fixing the world, or trying to take over Silicon Valley?
Profiles
The Philosopher of Feelings
By Rachel Aviv
Martha Nussbaum’s far-reaching ideas illuminate the often ignored elements of human life—aging, inequality, and emotion.
Profiles
Play Ground
By Alexandra Lange
Urban green spaces are becoming the new architecture stars.
The Weekly Cartoon
