CATEGORIES

DETAIL ORIENTED

The precision comedy of Jacqueline Novak.

DO NO HARM

Oregon tried a more humane way to address addiction. Then came the backlash.

HOSTAGES

As Benjamin Netanyahu clings to power, his country pays a price.

GHOST TOWN

The return of \"True Detective,\" on HBO.

IMPASSE

\"Prayer for the French Republic\" comes to Broadway.

MILLENNIAL FABLE

Once upon a time, around 2010 or so, there lived a hardworking ant and a carefree grasshopper. The grasshopper was hopping to his heart’s content one sunny morning when the ant trudged by, bearing a large load.

Broken and Rebuilt

Bijayini Satpathy and a new understanding of Indian classical dance.

Shamelessly Dramatic

In the plays of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, ugly feelings find sophisticated forms.

The Life of the Mother

A high-risk pregnancy in a climate of fear about abortion.

MAKE IT HURT

Amid the ebbing of empire, Frantz Fanon and Ian Fleming agreed on one thing.

FRESH DIRECT

A passion-fruit devotee's pilgrimage west.

THE LONG WAY

Adventures of a teen-age world traveller.

SHOWING UP

Has school attendance become optional?

THE BEACH HOUSE

She was hoping he would leave her the beach house, counting on this actually, though he had told her he wasn’t going to.

MIND IN FLUX

The viscerally complex music of George Lewis.

A Maui Love Story

When 18-year-olds Lanz Aguinaldo and Isabella Lynch's hometown went up in flames, they turned toward each other to survive.

DIVIDED HOUSE

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's \"Appropriate\" comes to Broadway.

Crown Heights North

The dead man decided to try the running app. He hadn’t run for years. Not since his mid-thirties. Now he was in his early fifties. Or he had been in his early fifties, recently enough. Would he be in his early fifties forever? He tapped the gray oblong and waited as the percentage-downloaded dial advanced, slowly. Much has yet to be revealed, he whispered to himself, in a tone he had used more often when he was a kid, when he had expected his life to resemble a tale of adventure, or of horror, or one with a mystery to solve, or a magical stone to obtain.

GENGHIS THE GOOD

Nomadic warriors like the Mongol hordes, scholars argue, built our world.

THE VENTRILOQUIST

How Hollywood's most in-demand script doctor found his own voice.

TIPPING POINTS

The path from the tossed coin to the swivelling iPad.

NATURE, WOW

Spend five minutes in nature and you’ll see what everyone’s talking about, with the mountains and zoos and watermelons. It’s breathtaking.

OPEN SEASON

The rising popularity of polyamory.

WINTER SUN

How Camille Pissarro went from mediocrity to magnificence.

UNSAFE PASSAGE

A Palestinian poet's perilous journey out of his homeland.

The Cats of L.A.

The "No Kill” movement helps keep cats outdoors. The consequences belie the name.

A Reporter at Large Speed

The competition to create the world's fastest road cars and the rich people who drive them.

ROYAL BLUES

The end of \"The Crown,\" on Netflix.

A GLOSSARY OF LAUGHS

\"... Ha!\" You're at a cocktail party and someone just made a reference to the Kenneth Lonergan play \"This Is Our Youth\" that you didn't find particularly funny, but you still want everyone to know that you understood it.

MUSICAL REVOLUTION

\"Buena Vista Social Club\" and \"How to Dance in Ohio.\"