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Brazil’s military dictatorship, which lasted from 1964 to 1985, retaliated fiercely against whoever contested its monopoly over the country’s public

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“Every writer, sooner or later, must face the fact that our characters are taken directly from our own lives, so there will be friends, relatives, and acquaintances who are going to feel like they’ve been pushed under the bus. ”

Team USA is proving that world-class skiing doesn’t require PFAS wax

Team U. S. A. reflects on competing in the first Olympics following an international ban on waxes containing "forever chemicals. "

FEBRUARY 20. 2026

Trump’s Tariff Fight Isn’t Over Yet

The U. S. president plans to issue 10 percent global duties under a different authority after the Supreme Court ruled that his IEEPA tariffs were unlawful.

Trump’s Economy, One Year Later

How tariffs, immigration crackdowns, and corruption have shaped the U. S.

Can Europe Ever Thrive Again?

The continent’s survival isn’t a question. The brightness of its future very much is.

Import the War, Export the Border

If we are to avoid the worst possible outcomes of this conjuncture, we need an electoral left willing to countenance the collapse of liberalism and to be honest about the need to deconstruct our overseas empire.

China’s Afghan Gold Rush Is Turning Deadly

The Taliban government can’t protect Chinese miners from local hostility.

A Blockbuster Captures Japan’s Identity Crisis

“Kokuho” offers an artful meditation on a country in flux.

What a Gripping BBC Drama Gets Wrong About Tehran Prison Life

A former hostage of the Iranian regime reviews a series based on the story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

The Men Who Sold the World

Social disaster is becoming increasingly affordable. On February 12 the Trump administration rescinded the Endangerment Finding, a 2009 EPA determination

Trump’s Tariffs Are Unlawful, Supreme Court Rules

But it’s unclear what happens to the tens of billions of dollars already taken from U. S. businesses.

Four Years of War in Europe

Eight thinkers on the lasting impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

What is Trump’s China Policy?

Kurt Campbell: “The president clearly wants short-term deals. ”

Ask a Climate Therapist: How do I deal with friends and family who won’t stop polluting?

Your climate values are conflicting with your closest relationships. Here's some advice on how to cope, from therapist Leslie Davenport.

You’ve Done It Again, Michael

Even as the pace of work life quickened exponentially across the next two decades, email inboxes overflowing, media outlets proliferating and then contracting, websites and newsletters dominating and then collapsing, newspapers going online-only and then vanishing altogether, glossy magazines ceasing print or, again, vanishing altogether, only Michael Silverblatt remained unchanged.

U. S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs

The court ruled that the president does not have the authority to impose tariffs during peacetime under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Epstein Links Threaten Norway’s Global Image

The country parlayed a reputation for probity into diplomatic currency. Now that’s in tatters.

Marco Rubio’s Munich Speech Is More Dangerous Than You Think

What the U. S. secretary of state laid bare about the Trump worldview.

Four Scenarios for a Postwar Iran

Trump wants regime change but not the messy aftermath.