The Sheep That Stop Wildfires
In California, herds of livestock are munching through overgrown, hard-to-reach vegetation that could otherwise become fuel for firestorms. Ingfei Chen…
September 2026
admin What We Lost When Big Tech Took Over the Classroom
Jessica Winter writes about the book “Coding Kids: Big Tech’s Battle to Remake Public Schools,” by Natasha Singer, on the…
Is Beef the Next Internal-Combustion Engine?
Bill McKibben on beef consumption in the U.S., R.F.K., Jr.,’s recent recommendations, and the environmental harms of the cattle industry.
Your Parents’ Fall TV Preview
Josh Gondelman jokingly imagines a fall TV lineup that might appeal to parents, including a new Taylor Sheridan drama and…
That Back-to-School Feeling
With teachers and students returning to the classroom, the hosts of Critics at Large reflect on the art of education…
Donald Trump Returns to the U.N. Amid the Collapse of the Old Order
Trump is at the heart of this geopolitical moment, catalytic in his alliance-fraying bullying, unprovoked warmongering, and protectionist demagoguery, Ishaan…
The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities
David Owen on our obsession with putting our belongings in metal boxes and then never looking at them again.
How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us?
On The Political Scene Podcast, Tyler Foggatt interviews Joshua Rothman about the employees of A.I. companies who are increasingly sounding…
Updated Jane Austen Titles
Edith Zimmerman's humorous take on Austen's novels.
“The History of Concrete” Humanizes the Material World
Richard Brody writes that, with his first feature film, John Wilson reveals the social essence, and the political stakes, of…