As ice melts, polar bears scrounge for food

Some bears lost up to 3.75 lb. a day

Alexei Navalny

Founding father of the future Russia

The beauty of blooming late

ON MY SECOND DAY IN L.A., BACK IN 1984, MY car caught on fire and I lost everything. I could have turned around and bought a bus ticket home to St. Louis. Instead, I chose to stay and press on. Forty years later, I'm not only still in Los Angeles, but I've found myself at the Emmys as part of the cast of a nominated TV show.

Ramy Youssef

Ramy Youssef - The comedian on his new special More Feelings, connecting with the Palestinian cause, and finding laughter in vulnerability

FORGING AN ASIAN EPIC

A new adaptation of Avatar: The Last Air-bender is a love letter to Asian and Indigenous cultures

American Cowardice

Scot Peterson, condemned as the "Coward of Broward," stood by as a slaughter unfolded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Does the blame lie with him, his training or a society in denial about what it would take to stop mass shootings?

Meet Me in the Eternal City

Silicon Valley has always dreamed of building its own utopias. Who's ready to move in?

IN DEFENSE OF WOODROW WILSON

Despised as a racist by today's left and a tyrant by today's right, the 28th president championed a set of values that our politics sorely lack.

The Disorienting Beauty of "Africa & Byzantium"

A landmark exhibition offers a new history of art.

Lost Photographs of Black America

Ernest Cole was born in 1940 to a Black family in the Eersterust township, near Pretoria, South Africa.

Raina Telgemeier Gets It

The wildly successful cartoonist turned the anxious kid into a hero.

How Marilynne Robinson Reads Scripture

In her hands, the Book of Genesis becomes a precursor to the novel.

The James Bond Trap

Ian Fleming created the superspy and then couldn't get rid of him.

Shelf Life

An incisive satirist of literary Brooklyn takes on the American big-box store.

The Radical Self-Awareness of Michael R. Jackson

He's become one of the most surprising and incisive-and misunderstood-social critics of our time.

The Curious Case of the Contested Basquiats

Twenty-five \"masterpieces,\" an FBI raid, and the maddening, sometimes impossible task of rooting out fakes and forgeries

THE DESPOTS OF SILICON VALLEY

The tech world has its own ascendant political ideology, and it's past time we call it what it is.

A Cloud Still Hangs Over East Palestine

Residents were forced to flee after a train derailment spilled toxic chemicals in their small Ohio town a year ago. Despite assurances from authorities, those who have returned remain fearful for their health

Watch Your Step

If you're not walking 10,000 steps a day, are you doing enough to stay healthy? We take a look at the theory behind the number

Jodie Foster

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A JODIE FOSTER RENAISSANCE. THE TWO-TIME Oscar winner is not only starring in one of the hottest limited series on TV right now, HBO's True Detective: Night Country, but also picked up yet another Oscar nomination for her performance in Netflix's Nyad.

What Do You Really Need to Teach Your Kids?

Learning these key skills by ages 5, 10 and 15 are essential for safe, functioning children as they grow into adulthood

Five Lessons 20,000 Daily Steps Taught Me

IT ALL BEGAN FOR ME WITH A one-year public commitment to walk 20,000 steps a day, and to share my step count, a daily photo and my insights on Facebook and Instagram.

Shell Shock

A perfectly preserved, 1,700-year-old egg foundina muddy field could help researchers crack the secrets of the Roman Empire

The 2024 PAWSCARS Awards

With these honors, acting dogs in movies and their trainers are finally getting the recognition they deserve

Carrie Preston

CARRIE PRESTON IS READY TO STEP INTO THE spotlight. The Emmy-winning veteran character actress will helm the title role in Elsbeth on CBS (February 29), playing Elsbeth Tascioni, a character she originated 14 years ago on The Good Wife and its spinoff The Good Fight.

'I'm Fighting Book Bans at My Library'

I believe my county's library system is violating the Constitutional right to access information by erasing LGBTQ+ voices

The Price of Diplomacy

Millions of taxpayer dollars are given to Russian companies to maintain the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Critics claim the money is used to fuel Vladimir Putin's war machine

Where do Americans stand on consensual nonmonogamy?

NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF SINGLES IN AMERICA HAVE HAD a consensually nonmonogamous relationship, but many singles are still committed to the concept of traditional sexual monogamy.

Unhappy farmers unsettle Europe

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FARMERS have taken to the streets across Europe in recent weeks to protest the combined effect of poor economic conditions created by falling incomes, high costs, ongoing disruption from the war in Ukraine, and competition from cheap imports. Their discontent is further fueled by the European Union's recent announcement of more-stringent environmental policies affecting agriculture, which they say will make things worse.

King Charles III

A monarch ails