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SONGS OF WAR

Early on in “Blitz,” Rita Hanway (Saoirse Ronan), a London factory worker, puts her nine-year-old son, George (Elliott Heffernan), aboard a train. Rather, George puts himself aboard; he twists angrily free of his mother’s grasp—“I hate you!” he cries—and tears off down the platform.

STAR-CROSSED

“Sunset Blud.” and Romeo Juliet,” on Broadway.

A PIECE OF HER MIND

Does the Enlightenment’s great female intellect need rescuing?

EACH MORTAL THING

What other creatures understand about death.

From the Wilderness

One morning in the rainy season, I went to bed at 6 a.m. after working all night and was on the verge of falling asleep when I was startled by the sound of my father’s voice coming through the air-conditioner next to my bed.

THE BIG DEAL

Joe Biden's economic policies are starting to transform America. Will anyone notice?

THE LAST MILE

The aid workers who risk their lives to bring relief to Gaza.

TAKE ME HOME

The filmmaker Mati Diop turns her gaze on plundered art.

AMERICAN REFRAINS

“Hold On to Me Darling,” Our Town,” and Sump’n Like Wings.”

GIG ECONOMY

The decline of the working musician.

CITY OF GOD

The Met’ revelatory show on Siena.

POP CULTURE

How dirty soda became a Utah delicacy.

CLOSED CHAMBERS

What can memoirs by Supreme Court Justices teach us?

BUCKS WITHOUT BORDERS

In the geography of the rich and mobile, sovereignty is for sale.

WAR DOGS

The facility lies two miles away from the main terminals but within the grounds of the airport, at the end of a service road that skirts a pond where geese flock during their migrations.

PURCHASING POWER

What do the biggest donors to Donald Trump's campaign expect to get in return?

PIVOTAL, SEMINAL, RARE

He built an empire in high-end books. Then a rock star pressed charges.

FOREIGN INFLUENCERS

How the U.S.government decides when to alert the public about election meddling.

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE

Hi, Billy's dad! Andrew, right? Thanks for meeting on such short notice. No, don't worry, this actually isn't about Billy.

ALPHA GIRLS

Inside the tight-knit world of Kamala Harris's sorority.

Pecking Order - Language is said to make us human. What if birds talk, too?

On a drizzly day in Grünau im Almtal, Austria, a gaggle of greylag geese shared a peaceful moment on a grassy field near a stream. One goose, named Edes, was preening quietly; others were resting with their beaks pointed tailward, nestled into their feathers. Then a camouflaged speaker that scientists had placed nearby started to play. First came a recorded honk from an unpartnered male goose named Joshua. Edes went on with his preening. Next came a honk that was lower in pitch than the first, with a slight bray. Edes looked up.

The Ascent - Can Kamala Harris defy her doubters—and end the Trump era?

When Joe Biden called Kamala Harris on the morning of Sunday, July 21st, she was in the kitchen at the Vice-President's residence, a turreted mansion on a hill in Northwest Washington. Harris was wearing sweatpants and a hoodie from her alma mater, Howard University. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, was in Los Angeles, but the house was bustling with relatives. She had just finished making bacon and pancakes for two grandnieces before sitting down with them to work on a jigsaw puzzle.

TWERKERS' COMP

Earlier this year, the Cannes Film Festival observed a heroic first: the director who won the Palme d'Or, the event's highest honor, dedicated the prize to \"all sex workers, past, present, and future.\"

AMERICAN ATTITUDE

The docuseries Mr. McMahon” explores the underbelly of the WWE.

ORIGIN STORY

Ta-Nehisi Coates and the temptations of narrative.

THE IMPRESARIO

Alvin Ailey’ crusade to build a home for himself and other Black dancers.

MY CAMP

Human nature, yes. Nature nature, no. I know nothing about it.

PRISON DIARIES

The Russian opposition leader’ account of his last years and his admonition to his country and the world.

COWBOY-DANCE FUTURE WORLD

It t is the year 2248. We live in what some would call a perfect world.

The K-Pop King - Chairman Bang is bringing his formula for creating idols to the U.S.

Scooter Braun was in a tailspin. It was February, 2021, and the music manager, who had made his name launching the careers of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, was nearing forty and facing a brutal divorce. An equally nasty battle with Taylor Swift, over his ownership of her song catalogue, had sullied his public image. Rumors circulated that the future of Braun’s company, Ithaca Holdings, was in doubt. Amid this tumult, he was surprised to receive an invitation to speak with someone who had long fascinated him: the South Korean producer Bang Si-hyuk—known to admirers as Hitman Bang.