Editors' picks
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The sad legacy of 9/11: Isis and al-Qaida are stronger than ever
Ali Soufan: We haven't been fighting a 13-year war. We've been fighting a new one-year war, 13 times. What now?
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Marriage is going down. I'm yelling 'Tinder'
Samhita Mukhopadhyay: More than half of people are now single. Is that because we can always swipe right, or because everyone else can, too? -
If you think men should help decide if a woman gets an abortion, just shut up
Jessica Valenti: Her body, her choice. Period -
Apple Pay is a really cool way to drain your entire bank account
Oliver Burkeman: It will make spending money easier than ever. And that's supposed to be a good thing? -
Google has sleep pods, Yelp has beer – why don't we just live at work?
Michael Moran: If we want to further blur the boundaries between leisure and work, offices will be full of pool tables, nursery webcams and exercise treadmills before we know it
The lighter side of the debate
Royal Baby 2.0: stop rolling your eyes and enjoy the happy news
Emma Brockes: Don't kid a kidder: you clicked on it, you liked it and you shared it. We can't help but get invested in the royals' progeny
Stop the panda slander: the bears don't breed just for your viewing pleasure
Jules Howard: The panda industrial complex is a weird, perverted Build-A-Bear Workshop driven in part by profit and international chest-beating
Your toddler is not such a precious dear that he cannot listen to other parents
Jessica Valenti: It takes a village, people