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The Man Who Transformed American Theater
How August Wilson became one of the country's most influential playwrights
Owls Aren't That Smart
But they have uncanny powers.
Lost Histories of Coexistence
James McBride's new novel tells a story of solidarity between Black and Jewish communities.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
Inside the Revolution at OpenAI
Sam Altman doesn't know where artificial intelligence will lead humanity. But he's taking us there anyway.
I thought my mother was an only child. I was wrong.
The Ones We Sent Away
THE RISE OF BRONZE AGE PERVERT
HOW A FASCIST BODYBUILDER CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF THE FAR RIGHT
KILLER APPS
Is social media making America's murder surge worse?
THE RESILIENCE GAP
In 2008, when I was a writer for the blog Feministe, commenters began requesting warnings at the top of posts discussing distressing topics, most commonly sexual assault.
A Star Reporter's Break With Reality
Lara Logan was once a respected 60 Minutes correspondent. Now she trades in conspiracy theories that even farright media disavow. What happened?
Who Was Cleopatra's Daughter?
The perils of searching for feminist heroes in antiquity
Burned
How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a solar-energy breakthrough swindled Wall Street investors, Warren Buffett, and the U.S. Treasury out of $1 billion
Inside the desperate effort to rescue America's pastime from irrelevance
Where in the name of human rain delays is Juan Soto? The stud outfielder is late.
CONFESSIONS of a Luxury-Wedding PLANNER - Lies, panic, and ponies
Sunday mornings, for wedding planners, are reserved for prayer. Not because it's a particularly pious profession but because that's the day when clients who were married on Saturday figure out if they're happy or not.
The Immortal Mel Brooks
The 2,000-year-old man turns 97 this summer. I talked with him about fighting in World War II, his life in comedy, and the secret to happiness.
IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY
We need a cultural and philosophical movement to meet the rise of artificial superintelligence.
The Canadian Way of Death
The nation legalized assisted suicide-and exposed the limits of liberalism
Writing in the Ruins
The German writer Jenny Erpenbeck cuts through dogma, fractures time, and preserves rubble
Surrender to Steely Dan
How the insufferably perfectionist duo captured the hearts of a new generation of listeners
Call of the Wild
The enduring appeal of watching human beings attempt to master the Alaskan backcountry
Night at the Vatican
After the tourists go home, a museum's collection tells its own story
THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE
The future of the democratic world will be determined by whether the Ukrainian military can break a stalemate with Russia and drive the country backward-sperhaps even out of Crimea for good
American Madness
Thousands of people with severe mental illness have been failed by a dysfunctional system. My friend Michael was one of them. Twenty-five years ago, he killed the person he loved most.
The New Anarchy
America faces a type of extremist violence it does not know how to stop.
The Age in Your Head
I'm 53 years old. I feel 36.
How to Look at a Vermeer
The artist left behind few clues about his life or intentions, but the paintings themselves teach the viewer new ways to see.
The Poet Facing Down the End of the World
Jorie Graham has a message for us
The Pornography Paradox
Reformers fear that ever more outré sites are warping users' desires. But transgression has always been part of the appeal.
How Taylor Swift Infiltrated Dude Rock
On the unlikeliest, most fruitful collaboration in contemporary music
The MAGIC KINGDOM of RON DESANTIS
My very British romp through America's weirdest state