1. cityscape
    Why New York City Should Welcome Electric Scooters on Its StreetsHow can anyone detest these things? They are simple, cheap, and slightly goofy. Best of all, they could help us get rid of cars.
    By Justin Davidson
  2. environment
    ‘Garbage Soil’ Can Help Trees Grow in the DesertResearchers believe that sediment and silt from man-made lakes can turn deserts into forests.
    By Dan Nosowitz
  3. 2038
    What Will Happen to the Supreme Court in 20 Years?Legal reporter Dahlia Lithwick reveals her prediction for the future of the Supreme Court.
    By The Editors
  4. cityscape
    Can Paris Exist Sans Gasoline? Its Mayor Thinks So.Anne Hidalgo fights to create a global capital free of exhaust-spewing cars. But not everyone is ready to let go.
    By Justin Davidson
  5. last night on late night
    SNL Tries to Scare You Into Caring About Climate ChangeYou might lose your yarn, white women!
    By Devon Ivie
  7. intelligencer
    Introducing the New IntelligencerNow with business and tech coverage, more politics, a podcast, an experimental new homepage, and even more great writers.
    By The Editors
  8. 2018 midterms
    Hurricane Michael Threatens to Upend Florida ElectionsEven if Republicans don’t want to acknowledge that climate change is real, they have to deal with the political reality of more intense autumn storms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. climate change
    U.N. Climate Report: ‘Unprecedented Changes’ Needed to Avert CatastropheAvoiding disaster will require changes with “no documented historic precedent.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  10. climate change
    The Trump Administration Anticipates Catastrophic Global Warming by 2100In an official report, the White House argues that restrictions on carbon emissions should be loosened — because four-degree warming is inevitable.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. #metoo
    The Backlash to the Backlash at The New York Review of BooksOver a hundred contributors, and PEN America, protest the ouster of editor Ian Buruma.
    By BORIS KACHKA
  12. games
    What Fresh Hell Is Barstool Sports?And did I have anything to do with bringing it about?
    By Will Leitch
  13. q&a
    Why Our History Is More Urgent Than EverJill Lepore, author of These Truths, on writing about American civics in the age of Trump and understanding our historical responsibilities.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  14. climate change
    Trump Clears Way for Frackers to Leak Methane While Drilling on Federal LandThe Trump administration is rolling back rules that required oil and gas companies to cut down on methane emissions when drilling on public land.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. climate change
    Voters Are Ready for a Green New Deal. Are Democrats?America currently lacks the political will for radical action on climate change — but the American people don’t.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. media
    Time Magazine Sold to Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Wife Lynne BenioffThe Benioffs said they do not plan to have a role in the magazine’s day-to-day operations and are “honored to be stewards of this iconic brand.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. media
    Susan Brownmiller on How The Village Voice Made Her a WriterThe editing was light; the opportunities were endless.
    By Susan Brownmiller
  18. the national interest
    Trump Administration Says Trump Coal Plan Will Kill 1,400 Americans a YearTrump’s EPA: “Implementing the proposed rule is expected to increase … pollutants in the atmosphere that adversely affect human health.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. climate change
    The Arctic’s Strongest Sea Ice Just Broke UpIf the oldest, thickest sea ice in the Arctic can’t stay together, what hope is there for the rest of us?
    By Eric Levitz
  20. the national interest
    Trump’s Craziest Climate Speech Ever Explains His New Dirty Energy PolicyPresident likes coal because it’s “indestructible,” hates wind because birds can kill it, somehow.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. Geoengineering May Be Our Last Resort for Climate Change. What If It Fails?Using sulfur particles to dim the sun is considered a last-ditch remedy for an overheated planet. But a new finding suggests we should be skeptical.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  22. California’s Record-breaking Fire Isn’t the Week’s Worst Climate NewsA group of distinguished scientists warns that the threat of runaway warming may have been underestimated.
    David Wallace-Wells
  23. ink
    Why New York Needs Both the Post and the Daily News A two-vigorous-tabloid town is a very good thing.
    By Sophie Haigney
  24. media
    Jared Kushner Secretly Deleted New York Observer Stories He Didn’t Like: ReportA software employee said Kushner personally ordered him to delete a handful of published reports about his business associates and friends.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. Citing Limbaugh and Hannity, Trump Says Shutdown Should Come Before MidtermsAt a PA rally, Trump explained the media is “fake disgusting news” — except for a few right-wing pundits who might as well work in the White House.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. Trump Plunges Ahead With Attack on Fuel Standards and CaliforniaIn a long-debated development, the administration freezes gas mileage standards and revokes California’s decades-old authority to be greener.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. media
    NYT Publisher Attempts, Fails to Reason With Trump Over Media AttacksA.G. Sulzberger says he met with Trump to confront him over his attacks on the media. Nine days later, Trump used the meeting to attack the media.
    By Chas Danner
  28. politics
    Trump Has Repeatedly Tried to Ban or Punish Reporters Who Annoy HimThe authoritarian-curious president has reportedly sought to ban journalists or revoke their credentials in retaliation for how they question him.
    By Chas Danner
  29. Ex-Observer Editor and Kushner Pal Denied Government Gig After FBI CheckKen Kurson was up for a post on the National Council on the Humanities, but a 2015 harassment claim may have ruined his chance.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  30. New EPA Chief Worries Trump’s Pro-Car-Pollution Plan Is IllegalBut other administration officials believe the plan is legal — because Brett Kavanaugh will say that it is, when the issue reaches the Supreme Court.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. tomorrow
    How Did the End of the World Become Old News?This month, the world saw an unprecedented global heat wave, wildfires in the Arctic Circle — and virtually no headlines about climate change.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  32. documented
    The Photographer Who Documents the Former Sites of Confederate MonumentsArtist Matthew Shain set out to capture the pedestals where they once stood.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  33. The New York Daily News Axes Half of Its Editorial StaffChicago-based Tronc intends to refocus on breaking news and its first move is firing half of the paper’s newsroom.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  34. A Global Heat Wave Has Set the Arctic Circle on FireTemperature records are being broken all around the world this month and not even the Arctic is immune.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  35. Scandalous EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Finally ResignsPruitt heads off to the Scandal-Ridden Cabinet Members Hall of Fame, without so much as a moment’s acknowledgement of his misdeeds from the president.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. Natural Gas Is Hurting the Climate More Than We ThoughtScott Pruitt tried to suppress research on methane emissions at gas plants. A new study reveals that he had good reason to fear the truth.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. National Enquirer Allegedly Ran Stories by Trump Camp Before PublishingSources say Michael Cohen would tweak the tabloid’s stories about Trump, suggest topics, and get previews of reports on the candidate’s rivals.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. GOP Senators: Climate-Change Education Program Is Propaganda, Not ScienceFour senators want an investigation into the National Science Foundation for funding a nonprofit that educates meteorologists on climate change.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  39. Antarctica Is Melting Three Times Faster Than a Decade AgoFrom 2012 to 2017, the Antarctic ice sheet lost 241 billion tons of ice each yer, triple the annual melt rate from a decade prior.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  40. media
    Shane Smith, Focus Magazine, March 17, 2014
    Vice Media Was Built on a Bluff. What Happens When It Gets Called?For almost 25 years, Shane Smith’s plan was that, by the time the suckers caught on, he’d never be stuck owning the company he co-founded.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  41. urban planning
    Nashville Is Supposed to Be the Model Walkable 21st-Century City. Not Quite.A walkable downtown that’s still pretty car-dependent.
    By Justin Davidson
  42. The New Yorker Staff Has UnionizedToday, they’re asking editor David Remnick and Condé Nast to voluntarily recognize them as a collective bargaining unit.
    By Noreen Malone
  43. imperial presidency
    A Progressive President Could Accomplish a Lot by Following Trump’s ExampleTrump is using creative interpretations of old laws to authorize radical interventions in the economy. That should worry conservatives.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. Trump Plans to Prop Up Unprofitable Coal Plants With ‘Emergency’ AidThe administration is finalizing a plan to exacerbate climate change — and increase the cost of energy — in the name of “national security.”
    By Eric Levitz
  45. the national interest
    Trump Wishes He Could Destroy Obama’s Legacy. He Hasn’t. And Won’t.A response to the pessimism of my colleague Andrew Sullivan.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. the national interest
    GOP Congressman: Rising Sea Level Caused by More Dirt on Ocean FloorA bold new scientific theory by Rep. Mo Brooks catches a scientist off guard at a congressional hearing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. The Newspaper That Tries to Re-create the Feeling of Walking Around New YorkA co-founder of Civilization explains why he launched a text-heavy, alt-weekly-style publication in 2018.
    By Benjamin Hart
  48. power
    Why Washington Insiders Decide to LeakInside the national-security press offensive against the president.
    By Nicholas Zimmerman
  49. the national interest
    Trump’s Environmental Plan: Bigger Government, More PollutionThe Republican Party has forgotten the ideological reason it fell in love with coal in the first place.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. behind the scenes
    The Strange Cocoon of Trump and Hannity, Two Friends Who Like to Talk Before BedLife inside the bunker of Fox News’ resident Trumplegänger.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  51. Trump Admin. Scraps NASA’s Greenhouse Gas Monitoring ProgramA NASA spokesperson said the program was a casualty of “budget constraints and higher priorities.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
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