In this issue

Jenisha From Kentucky
I came to New York sure of one thing—that no one could ever know my past.
By Jenisha Watts

The Joy and the Funk and the Mire
By Spencer Kornhaber
The critic dream hampton thinks hip-hop is broken. But she can’t stop trying to fix it.

THE PRIME MINISTER and THE MOONIES

THE BIZARRE STORY BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OF SHINZO ABE

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Jenisha From Kentucky

I came to New York sure of one thing-that no one could ever know my past.

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Life After "I Do"

George Eliot's subversive vision of marriage

10 mins

NIXON BETWEEN THE LINES

Alone in his study, ballpoint pen in hand, the president revealed himself in the margins of his books.

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THE FINAL DAYS

JOE BIDEN WAS DETERMINED TO GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN-NO MATTER THE COST

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TRUMP ON TRIAL

The drama now unfolding will make for perhaps the most surreal presidential-election cycle in American history. How will it end?

10 mins

The Other Naomi

A left-wing author finds herself constantly confused with a right-wing conspiracist.

8 mins

Zadie Smith Has Doubts About Fiction

In her ambitious new novel, she asks whether we expect too much of the genre.

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The Man Who Became Uncle Tom

Harriet Beecher Stowe said that Josiah Henson's life had inspired her most famous character. But Henson longed to be recognized by his own name, and for his own achievements.

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The Joy and the Funk and the Mire

The critic dream hampton thinks hip-hop is broken. But she can't stop trying to fix it.

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I, Sly

Sly Stone tells his story.

5 mins

A Sunnier Edvard Munch

A new exhibition offers a counterpoint to The Scream.

6 mins

THE RISE OF BRONZE AGE PERVERT

HOW A FASCIST BODYBUILDER CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF THE FAR RIGHT

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Inside the Revolution at OpenAI

Sam Altman doesn't know where artificial intelligence will lead humanity. But he's taking us there anyway.

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The Man Who Transformed American Theater

How August Wilson became one of the country's most influential playwrights

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I thought my mother was an only child. I was wrong.

The Ones We Sent Away

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Lost Histories of Coexistence

James McBride's new novel tells a story of solidarity between Black and Jewish communities.

7 mins

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.

9 mins

KILLER APPS

Is social media making America's murder surge worse?

9 mins

How America Got Mean

In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.

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Owls Aren't That Smart

But they have uncanny powers.

9 mins

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.

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IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY

We need a cultural and philosophical movement to meet the rise of artificial superintelligence.

9 mins

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.

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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.

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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?

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Who Was Cleopatra's Daughter?

The perils of searching for feminist heroes in antiquity

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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

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Surrender to Steely Dan

How the insufferably perfectionist duo captured the hearts of a new generation of listeners

10 mins

Writing in the Ruins

The German writer Jenny Erpenbeck cuts through dogma, fractures time, and preserves rubble

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