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The Diagnosis Trap
Doctors have their stories to tell about mental illness. But what about the stories we tell ourselves?
Cursive Is History
My students can't read script. How will they interpret the past?
A World Without White People
Mohsin Hamid's empty parable of race transformation
"We Need To Take Away Children."
The secret history of the U.S. government's family-separation policy
The Greatest Talker of His Time
Felix Frankfurter was an eloquent liberal champion of judicial restraint. Is it time for a reappraisal?
Rez Life
Sterlin Harjo's genre-mixing, cliché-exploding series captures coming of age as a Native kid like no TV show before it.
Our Blinding, Blaring World
By flooding the environment with light and sound, we're confounding the senses of countless animals. But we can still save the quiet and preserve the dark.
My Escape From the Taliban
When Kabul fell, my sister and I almost didn't get out.
The Case for Bodice Ripping
Romance novels have radical ambitions.
Heavenly Hackwork
John Donne was a mystic in bed and a mystic in the pulpit.
LET BROOKLYN BE LOUD
Why do rich people love quiet so much?
THAT'S IT. YOU'RE DEAD ΤΟ ΜΕ.
Suddenly everyone is "toxic."
The Book That Never Stops Changing
What I’ve learned about Dublin, and myself, in a lifetime of reading Ulysses
Why Is Dad So Mad?
A father dares to explore his rage.
We Have No Nuclear Strategy
The U.S. can't keep ignoring the threat these weapons pose.
A Mad Hunt for Civil War Treasure
Did the FBI steal the gold of dents run?
A White Author Fails Her Black Characters
Geraldine Brooks has sympathy for her protagonists. That’s not enough.
Beach Bummer
The world is burning. Have another piña colada.
Back to Chagos
Half a century ago, 2,000 people were forcibly removed from a remote string of islands in the middle of the indian ocean. This year, a group of them set sail for home.
Tracy Flick for Principal
Tom Perrotta's '90s antihero returns.
How Politics Poisoned the Church
The evangelical movement spent 40 years at war with secular America. Now it's at war with itself.
“They're not human beings”
Ukraine and the words that lead to mass murder
Can Forensic Science Be Trusted?
The story of a forensic analyst in Ohio, whose findings in multiple cases have been called into question, reveals the systemic flaws in American crime labs.
Blaming Our Inner Ape
Humans love to pin retrograde gender dynamics on our primate cousins. Is that fair?
Chasing Joan Didion
I visited the writer's California homes, from Berkeley to Malibu. What was looking for?
The End Of Mom Guilt
Why a mother's ambition is good for her family
The Shadow Royals
Across Europe, the descendants of dethroned monarchs believe they have something to offer in the 21st Century
Change the Map, Change the Moral
A global view of World War II turns a battle for freedom into a battle for empire.
Fox News Does Late Night
Greg Gutfeld has owned the libs all the way to the top of the ratings
The Defiant Strangeness of Werner Herzog
The director brings his signature theme adventurers who share his quixotic compulsions—to his debut novel.