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The Eighth Deadly Sin
Humankind has devised a new form of debasement.
5 min |
May 2026
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The Art of the (New) Deal
What the murals of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building can teach us about patriotism, propaganda, and beauty
10+ min |
May 2026
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New Chairs
Collaboration, for Robert Rauschenberg and Merce Cunningham, began with the arrangement of chairs.
1 min |
May 2026
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HISTORY IS RUNNING BACKWARDS
Why reactionaries are taking over the world
10+ min |
May 2026
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SOMEDAY IN TEHRAN
Like Donald Trump, I, too, once underestimated the Islamic Republic of Iran.
10+ min |
May 2026
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On Losing a Daughter
The people we were died at the exact moment our child did.
10+ min |
May 2026
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I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America
Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.
10+ min |
May 2026
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EVERYTHING IS FREE AND NOTHING MATTERS
What I saw at Jeff Bezos's Campfire retreat
9 min |
May 2026
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Who Is Black Comedy For?
A new book is nostalgic for the '90s. But the era of crossover success was not necessarily the pinnacle of Black comedic achievement.
8 min |
May 2026
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The Feeling of Becoming Less and Less of a Person
In Ben Lerner's new novel, technology divides us further from one another, and ourselves.
9 min |
May 2026
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CAN TURNING OFF YOUR PHONE BRING YOU CLOSER TO GOD?
Pastor John Mark Comer has won a massive following by preaching about the ills of technology.
10+ min |
May 2026
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A FINE COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Geriatric Americans are hoarding wealth and power.
8 min |
May 2026
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STRUCK
What getting hit by lightning does to the body and mind
10+ min |
April 2026
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LEAVING THE UNITED STATES BEHIND
The Cruz family spent years building a life in New York. Then the risks of staying became too great.
10+ min |
April 2026
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MY SELF-DRIVING CAR CRASH
The Tesla was driving perfectly—until it wasn't.
8 min |
April 2026
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The Last Days of Franco
Montserrat Roig's classic novel captures Barcelona on the cusp of unimaginable change.
7 min |
April 2026
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INSATIABLE
Indoor rain, windows to nowhere, and reanimated nuclear reactors- how the race to power AI is remaking the physical world
10+ min |
April 2026
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THE WOMEN OF AVENGER FIELD
THEY BRAVELY SERVED AS PILOTS IN WORLD WAR II. THEN AMERICA FORGOT THEM.
10+ min |
April 2026
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The Unbearable Lightness of Signalgate
Nearly a year after a national-security scandal erupted on my iPhone, no one in the Trump administration has faced serious consequences.
10+ min |
April 2026
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Robyn Is Still Dancing On Her Own
The queen of poptimism takes up motherhood and midlife desire.
5 min |
April 2026
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The College-Educated Working Class
Can a generation of graduates frustrated by their economic prospects change American labor politics?
10+ min |
April 2026
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THAT 1930s FEELING
How dark fringes reached the center of the Republican Party
10 min |
April 2026
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THE COST OF BEING UNINSURED
My aunt couldn't afford to go to the hospital. She ended up there anyway.
7 min |
April 2026
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Deadlier Than Gettysburg
How the cruelty of the Confederacy's prison camps gave rise to the rules of war
10 min |
March 2026
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THE MAN WHO BROKE PHYSICS
One of the pleasures of watching Ilia Malinin, apart from his indifference to gravity, is to witness him becoming.
10+ min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
How Toni Morrison Saw History
In her novels, she located the missing story of Black America.
10+ min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
The Madness of Lord Tennyson
The Victorian poet was startlingly modern.
5 min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
THE PLOT AGAINST THE HUMANITIES
What is the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation doing to higher education?
10+ min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
Why Do Democrats Hate Winning?
Ken Martin has one of those resting dread faces, as if he's bracing for someone to dump a bucket of rocks on his head.
10+ min |
March 2026
The Atlantic
ROD DREHER'S DEMONS
HE DERIDES THE ENLIGHTENMENT, SECULARISM, AND THE MODERN WORLD. CONSERVATIVES-INCLUDING THE VICE PRESIDENT-ARE JOINING HIM ON A MARCH BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES.
10+ min |