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An Audacious New Read of The Decameron - The author Rivka Galchen sums up this reading in her Decameron Project introduction: "Reading stories in difficult times is a way to understand those times, and also a way to persevere through them."

Boccaccio's masterpiece follows 10 young nobles fleeing an outbreak in Florence that would ultimately reduce the city's population by half. To pass the time in their rural idyll, they tell the stories that make up the bulk of the book-one apiece for 10 days, hence the title. The consensus interpretation of The Decameron is that it illustrates the power of storytelling to buoy us through history's horrors. The author Rivka Galchen sums up this reading in her Decameron Project introduction: "Reading stories in difficult times is a way to understand those times, and also a way to persevere through them." Kathleen Jordan, the creator of Netflix's The Decameron, came away from her pandemic-era reading of Boccaccio with a different understanding. What if, her black comedy proposes, the book's true timeless message is that whether they're Florentine aristocrats in 1348 or Manhattan financiers in 2020, the privileged will always blithely abandon their less fortunate neighbors when the plague comes to town? Jordan has stripped The Decameron of its stories, choosing instead to riff on the frame narrative.

Tech Racket - Inside the "nightmare" health crisis of a Texas Bitcoin-mining town

More than 40 people in the Granbury area reported a medical ailment that they believe is connected to the arrival of the Bitcoin mine. Studies have shown that human-caused noise pollution harms animals and wildlife, causing oxidative stress and memory loss in rodents, acute anxiety in dogs, and a decrease in forest growth

5 reasons to start walking backward

I've spent my whole life happily walking in one direction: forward. It was, I believed, the only way to go, so I dutifully logged dozens of miles a month looking like every other person out for a morning stroll.

Trump Ascendant

IT'S NOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S RACE TO LOSE

Shannen Doherty

The quintessential Gen X girl

Why is Modi embracing Putin?

HOURS BEFORE INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi landed in Moscow on July 8, Russia fired missiles on Ukraine that killed at least 41 people, including four children at a children's hospital in Kyiv.

BIDEN BOWS OUT

IT TOOK NEARLY A HALF-CENTURY FOR JOE BIDEN to rise to the pinnacle of American politics, an ascent haunted by tragedy and capped by triumph. The fall, in comparison, felt brutally fast.

DARKNESS RISING

An attack on former President Trump punctuates the alarming surge of political violence

Snoop Dogg The legendary rapper on covering the Summer Olympics for NBC, being "a very legal guy," and the horse he wants to meet

When NBC came to you about this gig reporting on the Games from Paris, why did you sign on?

Unity is still possible in America, even now

A COUNTRY BORN BY BREAKING WITH A KING inherits dissent as a birthright.

The border is not the problem

WHEN MY FATHER ARRIVED IN AMERICA FROM ETHIOPIA in 1978, he was resettled, with the help of an immigration agency, to Peoria, Ill.

When Mother Knows Best

They have advanced degrees, kids of their own, and massive followings. A new kind of parenting expert has emerged online

GO BIG OR GO HOME

With Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung illustrates the promise and pitfalls of indie directors making blockbusters

The WORLD'S GREATEST PLACES

Our annual list of the globe's most desirable destinations takes you from urban art hubs to remote rain forests-and even Antarctica. Start here, and find the rest of our top 100 places to stay and things to do at time.​com/worldsgreatestplaces.

BEST SPECIALIZED HOSPITALS

FINDING THE RIGHT MEDICAL SPECIALIST OFTEN means finding the right specialized hospital.

The Desperate Search for Insulin

Diabetics in war-torn Gaza fear not just bombs and bullets but uncertain supplies of medicine that could cost them their lives

'Indigenous People Are Still at Risk in Iraq'

A decade after ISIS invaded Mosul, leading to genocide and abductions, Assyrians, Yazidis and other communities remain ina precarious state

FULL MEDAL JACKET

Keeping athletes, dignitaries and spectators safe at the 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS is one of the biggest security challenges in French history

The Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 76th annual Emmy Awards served up shocks and slights in equal measures

BEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS

FOR PARENTS, NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE health of their child.

'NATO Must Remain a Peace Project'

Hungary's experience of war shows a military alliance's purpose is defense, says its prime minister

An Unexpected Paradise

I vacationed in Vietnam with my family. I was surprised by my war-veteran dad's positive reaction

Bette Midler

IF YOU ASK BETTE MIDLER HOW SHE GOT HER PART IN THE NEW FILM THE Fabulous Four, it wouldn't have anything to do with her legendary status as an Oscar-nominated actor. \"I think they needed a ham, a big ole ham.\"

'I'm 7, Taylor Swift Makes Me Feel Brave'

To be a goodrole model, you have to be kind, sweet, generous and smart. Now you know why I'm proud to be a Swiftie

Schooling the EV Skeptics

As it electrifies more of its iconic yellow school buses, Blue Bird President Britton Smith explains how its stock price is soaring in a difficult market

Pixar's Joy Returns

After a string of box office disappointments, is a comeback onthe horizon for the Disney-owned animation studio?

'WE HAVE MADE ART OPEN TO EVERYBODY, BECAUSE IT'S A JOB'

How one creative is helping _ to put Nigeria’s cultural wealth on the world stage

On the Crest of a K-Wave

South Korea, under constant threat of war, has taken over world entertainment. Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yu In-Chon reveals how

Lisa Kudrow

WHEN LISA KUDROW WAS APPROACHED TO STAR IN A SERIALIZED Adaptation of the 1981 film Time Bandits for TV (July 24th on Apple TV+), she jumped at the chance to work with creators Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris.

NIGERIA AT A CROSSROADS

WITH DOMESTIC UNREST AND LIVING STANDARDS HIT BY ECONOMIC REFORMS, THE CITIZENS OF AFRICA'S POWERHOUSE NATION ARE WAITING TO SEE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL