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The Last Descent

Though the world wouldn't catch on until disaster struck, a tight-knit community of seafarers, explorers, and bold submariners worried for years that Stockton Rush's OceanGate implosion was all but guaranteed. SUSAN CASEY, author of The Underworld, reveals the hardest truths about the Titan

Bad Bunny's Year of Rest and Relaxation

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio swears he's taking a breather from ultra-mega global superstardom to enjoy life in puerto rico and some downtime with his girlfriend. Just don't ask him about the album he's about to release

Personal History – Under the Carpetbag

A sixty-year friendship.

American Chronicles – Passages

A trans teen in an anti-trans state.

THE SHADOW ARMADA

China has expanded a fleet of far-flung fishing vessels. This has come at grave human cost.

CLOSE TO HOME

Reckoning with history on \"Reservation Dogs.\"

MELTING POT

Jocelyn Bioh's comedy \"Jaja's African Hair Braiding.\"

CRYPTOBALL

Michael Lewis’ big contrarian bet on Sam Bankman-Fried.

THIN ICE

\"Anatomy of a Fall.\"

LONG EXPOSURE

In Teju Cole's new novel, a photographer trains his lens on art's trespasses.

TRIAL BY COMBAT

Inside the White House's battle to keep Ukraine in the fight.

Don't Meet Your Heroes, Especially the Dead Ones

In 1933, Hemingway needed money. Esquire needed a writer. A boat brought them together. It's a mostly true story that speaks volumes about the lives of men then and now.

SONGS OF SURRENDER

The musical legacy of a notorious Mississippi prison.

CABIN FEVER

What tradition means at the historic Neshoba County Fair.

HEART

Before 2015, I'd never been to Beijing, which is quite odd-an adult who's been working a few years ought to have visited the capital for a meeting or a classmate's wedding or simply to view the corpses of great men. For some reason, anyway. But I never did-a training session in Shenzhen, a business trip to Sichuan, but never Beijing. I never even got as far as Hebei.

FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTERS

Writers reimagine Mary Shelley and the monster she created.

TOP OF THE LINE

Kwame Onwuachi and the rise of autobiographical cuisine.

OTHER DETECTORS

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THE GROUP THAT OVERTURNED ROE

Alliance Defending Freedom has won fifteen Supreme Court cases. Now it's targeting trans rights.

BIG LITTLE LIES

Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino got famous studying dishonesty. Did they fabricate some of their work?

PREACHER MAN

Leslie Odom, Jr., stars in \"Purlie Victorious.\"

THIS IS FINE

Ed Ruscha's calmly collapsing America.

CHICAGO IS BURNING

The blaze that ravaged a metropolis, and the lies that it launched.

Fight at the Museum

Political pressure led the new Latino-history museum to scrap an exhibit on youth movements

The Anxiety and Ecstasy of Rashid Johnson

Rashid Johnson was a blue-chip artist whose work offered a radically fresh portrayal of Black cultural identity. Then he got sober, found God, and began to transform the art world from the inside.

The Hot Seat

Karine Jean-Pierre has made history as President Biden's White House press secretary. She's also made waves.

The Art of Being Lee Miller

Lee Miller was a photographer, war correspondent, fashion model, art world muse, and an adventurer par excellence. For Kate Winslet, she’s the role of a lifetime.

The Parent Trap

Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's family bubble.

Behind a Locked Door

As a girl in Austria, Evy Mages was sent to a mysterious villa where a doctor performed cruel experiments. Decades later, she learned why.

Nepo Baby

Hey, guys! There’s been a lot of discussion going on lately and I just wanted to clear the air. I totally understand that people think I got my job because of my dad, but I definitely would have still been the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ even if my dad wasn’t God. Everyone says I would have been the Son of God even if I weren’t the son of God.