Profiles: Across the Gulf
Can President Claudia Sheinbaum manage Trump—and Mexico’s fragile democracy?

The Political Scene: Follow the Leader
A culture of obedience reigns in Trump’s Washington.

A Reporter at Large: Starved in Jail
Why are people, arrested during mental-health crises, dying from lack of food and water?

Profiles: The Portal Opens
For forty years, Phish has jammed—for those with ears to hear.

Annals of Zoology: Life After Death
Has Colossal, a genetics startup, resurrected the ancient dire wolf? Born to a mixed-breed dog, Remus, Romolus and Khaleesi have ancient dire-wolf DNA that was inserted with CRISPR.

Letter from Brazil: Strongmen
In a conflict between a top jurist and the nation’s ex-President, the internet is the front line. Alexandre de Moraes´s campaign to criminalize disinformation led to a ban of X in Brazil, and a battle with Elon Musk.

A Reporter at Large: Open Secret
Why did police let one of America’s most prolific predators get away for so long?

Onward and Upward with the Arts: Landscape Mode
Dirty Projectors’ symphony for a burning world.