Lost Histories of Coexistence

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

How America Got Mean

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

Inside the Revolution at OpenAI

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

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

The Ones We Sent Away

THE RISE OF BRONZE AGE PERVERT

HOW A FASCIST BODYBUILDER CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF THE FAR RIGHT

KILLER APPS

Is social media making America's murder surge worse?

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.

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?

Who Was Cleopatra's Daughter?

The perils of searching for feminist heroes in antiquity

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

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.

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.

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.

IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY

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

The Canadian Way of Death

The nation legalized assisted suicide-and exposed the limits of liberalism

Writing in the Ruins

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

Surrender to Steely Dan

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

Call of the Wild

The enduring appeal of watching human beings attempt to master the Alaskan backcountry

Night at the Vatican

After the tourists go home, a museum's collection tells its own story

THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE

The future of the democratic world will be determined by whether the Ukrainian military can break a stalemate with Russia and drive the country backward-sperhaps even out of Crimea for good

American Madness

Thousands of people with severe mental illness have been failed by a dysfunctional system. My friend Michael was one of them. Twenty-five years ago, he killed the person he loved most.

The New Anarchy

America faces a type of extremist violence it does not know how to stop.

The Age in Your Head

I'm 53 years old. I feel 36.

How to Look at a Vermeer

The artist left behind few clues about his life or intentions, but the paintings themselves teach the viewer new ways to see.

The Poet Facing Down the End of the World

Jorie Graham has a message for us

The Pornography Paradox

Reformers fear that ever more outré sites are warping users' desires. But transgression has always been part of the appeal.

How Taylor Swift Infiltrated Dude Rock

On the unlikeliest, most fruitful collaboration in contemporary music

The MAGIC KINGDOM of RON DESANTIS

My very British romp through America's weirdest state

IS HOLOCAUST EDUCATION MAKING ANTI-SEMITISM WORSE?

Using dead Jews as symbols isn't helping living ones.

The Ice-Cream Conspiracy

STUDIES SHOW A MYSTERIOUS HEALTH BENEFIT TO ICE CREAM. SCIENTISTS DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.