Elizabeth Kolbert on John McPhee's "Encounters with the Archdruid"

When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Wilderness Act, on September 3, 1964, he called it one of the “most far-reaching conservation measures” ever approved.

THE MARRIAGE PLOT

Does the wedding website the Knot have a “fake brides” problem?

DIRTY MINDS

It’s those other people who have been brainwashed, right?

DUELLING INSTINCTS

\"Othello\" and \"The Trojans.\"

MARSEILLE

For her birthday, Amina asked to go on a trip. Her husband had travelled for work the previous month, and, although that wasn’t exactly for pleasure, it was now understood that anything which freed them from child care could be considered some type of holiday.

SIGNALLING

The accidental inclusion of Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, in a secret group chat of senior U.S. officials has been described as a breach of national security without historical precedent. This is not the case.

LATIN LOVER

Tender, obscene, sophisticated, Catullus continues to seduce us.

FIGHTING THE SYSTEM

When the legal quest for school desegregation hit the skids.

DOWNFALL

“Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light,” on PBS.

THE INVISIBLE MAN

Will Majority Leader John Thune protect the Senate from irrelevance?

WHAT WE KNEW WITHOUT KNOWING

Notes to John Gregory Dunne.

ANATOMY of a Fall

Inside the first week—and final hours—of the Harris campaign

TRIAL BY FIRE

Los Angeles is said to have no seasons, but what it does have is what Joan Didion called \"the weather of catastrophe, of apocalypse.\" Photojournalist STUART PALLEY turned his camera on this year's wildfires and shares his account of devastation and resilience

Style DRIVER

FASHION-FORWARD SIMONE ASHLEY REVS UP FOR A ROLE IN BRAD PITT'S SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER F1

TONI COLLETTE

The actor and Mickey 17 star on travel regrets, acupuncture, and jumping into the ocean

THE FAMILY BUSINESS

Together, Oren and Tal Alexander formed one of America's premier real estate teams, with billions of dollars in sales. Alon, Oren's twin, helped run their father's private-security firm. Now they await criminal trial in a Brooklyn jail, facing multiple accusations of rape and assault from women across the country.

Young, RESTLESS

With Beef and now The Last of Us on his résumé, YOUNG MAZINO proves he's up to a challenge

Other WORDS

VIET THANH NGUYEN explores what it means to be an outsider

GWYNETH EVERLASTING

NOT LONG AFTER SHE WON AN OSCAR AT AGE 26, Gwyneth Paltrow BAILED ON THE INDUSTRY, FINDING A CREATIVE OUTLET AND CASH FLOW IN BUILDING HER OWN BUSINESS. NOW GOOP AND THE KIDS ARE ALL GROWN UP, LEAVING PALTROW FREE TO DO WHATEVER SHE LIKES, INCLUDING HER MAJOR MOVIE COMEBACK WITH TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET

GOD COMPLEX

SILICON VALLEY WAS ONCE DRIVEN BY A GODLESS CHASE FOR GROWTH. NOW THE NEW RELIGION IS RELIGION

Gossip GIRLS

Conservative media has feasted on the fight between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. If you're full of hate for Hollywood, what's not to love?

AIR OF DANGER

Fancy fliers have created a huge boom in private-jet travel, no longer the exclusive province of Fortune 500 companies, Elon Musk, or Taylor Swift. Yet for all the allure, flying private is a rather dangerous luxury

THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE, 2025

Reliable news coverage has never been more important than it is now. Journalists must remain vigilant and rigorous in the face of a second Trump Administration. To help them do so, we are releasing an updated version of Strunk and White’s “Elements of Style.” Please refer to the following examples when writing and reporting, for as long as that’s still allowed.

A MATTER OF FACTS

On the loss of two sons.

CHARACTER STUDIES

“Purpose” on Broadway and “Vanya” downtown.

HOME SLICE

The making of an Indian American specialty.

Hatagaya Lore Bryan Washington

We moved to Tokyo from Dallas because of my husband's job, an unexplainable tech gig.

OPEN SECRET

Why did police let one of America's most prolific predators get away for so long?

BEYOND THE CURVE

In medicine and public health, we cling to universal benchmarks—at a cost.

COMMUNITY PROPERTY

Who gets to determine the meaning of divorce?