Today’s “snowplow parents” keep their children’s futures obstacle-free — even when it means crossing ethical and legal boundaries

A conversation about race and 2020

A long-overdue excavation of the book that Hitler called his “bible,” and the man who wrote it

Uber, Lyft, Airbnb and Pinterest plan to go public. California’s newly minted rich will be hungry for parties, houses, boats, bikes — and…

People in richer societies cry more. Matthew Sweet probes the reasons.

As American towns become more politically segregated and judgmental, what can we learn from one that hasn’t?

At Modern Elder Academy, on the Baja coast, guests share anxieties about ageism and obsolescence

An artificial-intelligence “artist” got a solo show at a Chelsea gallery. Will it reinvent art, or destroy it?

Socialism is AOC’s calling card, Trump’s latest rhetorical bludgeon, and a new way to date in Brooklyn

In a new documentary on HBO, two men accuse the star of sexually abusing them as children. Our critic wrestles with their stories, and his…

More than 60 percent of college students said they had experienced “overwhelming anxiety” in the past year. Over 40 percent said they felt…

I couldn’t read a book, watch a full-length movie, or sustain a long conversation. Late last year, I decided enough as enough.

With Donald Trump making it harder to gain visas to the US, its neighbour is benefiting from a ‘brain gain’

The Harvard Business School professor discusses her new book

Trump’s environmental policies are putting the health of American children at risk

The climate activist on becoming the face of a global movement — and why she sees her Asperger’s as a gift

For the college-educated elite, work has morphed into a religious identity — promising identity, transcendence, and community, but failing…

The infamous shut-in syndrome, first identified in Japan, may be catching on in the U.S.

Rather than take people’s jobs, machines will help care for them in their old age

What science can tell us about how other creatures experience the world

For direct-to-consumer companies, a new paradigm was required to win over the “digital native.” Brick-and-mortar retailers should take…