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I WENT TO TAIWAN TO SAY GOODBYE
To my grandmother, and perhaps. the country whose resilience she shares
THE LOOMING REVOLT OVER HOMELESSNESS
Liberals know how to solve the problem. Why dont they?
Siegfried & Roy – The Original Tiger Kings
The improbable rise and savage fall of Siegfried & Roy
Good Luck, Mr. Rice
A Philadelphia teenager and the empty promise of the Sixth Amendment
The Literature of Paranoia
Living in Turkey has made Orhan Pamuk a master of the genre.
The Long History of Russian Brutality
What the fratricidal fury of the country's civil war a century ago can teach us about the invasion of Ukraine
The Trap
What it takes to make it in hip-hops new capital
Take a Chance on Them
ABBA makes a triumphant return.
LET PUERTO RICO BE FREE
The only just future for my home is not statehood, but full independence from the United States.
THE SCAPEGOAT
A MUSEUM CURATOR WAS FORCED OUT of HER JOB OVER ALLEGATIONS of RACISM THAT AN INVESTIGATION DEEMED UNFOUNDED. WHAT DID HER DEFENESTRATION ACCOMPLISH?
BAD LOSERS
Election deniers are a threat to democracy. The midterms could be the last chance to stop them.
The Myopia Generation
Why do so many kids need glasses now?
Who Do the Benin Bronzes Belong to?
Thousands of pieces of art were looted by the British in what is now Nigeria, and are held mostly in Western museums. What to do with them is a harder question than it might seem.
The Operator
The journalist Sergii Leshchenko has a knack for inserting himself into the pivotal moments of Ukraine's history. I wanted to see the war through his eyes.
The Wedding Present
As a young woman, I had a friendly correspondence with a German soldier right after the war. I've been thinking about the silence at the core of our exchange ever since.
JOHN ROBERTS'S LONG GAME
Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?
The Roots of Republican Extremism
Three new books attempt to trace the GOP's break with reality.
The Diagnosis Trap
Doctors have their stories to tell about mental illness. But what about the stories we tell ourselves?
Cursive Is History
My students can't read script. How will they interpret the past?
A World Without White People
Mohsin Hamid's empty parable of race transformation
"We Need To Take Away Children."
The secret history of the U.S. government's family-separation policy
The Greatest Talker of His Time
Felix Frankfurter was an eloquent liberal champion of judicial restraint. Is it time for a reappraisal?
Rez Life
Sterlin Harjo's genre-mixing, cliché-exploding series captures coming of age as a Native kid like no TV show before it.
Our Blinding, Blaring World
By flooding the environment with light and sound, we're confounding the senses of countless animals. But we can still save the quiet and preserve the dark.
My Escape From the Taliban
When Kabul fell, my sister and I almost didn't get out.
The Case for Bodice Ripping
Romance novels have radical ambitions.
Heavenly Hackwork
John Donne was a mystic in bed and a mystic in the pulpit.
LET BROOKLYN BE LOUD
Why do rich people love quiet so much?
THAT'S IT. YOU'RE DEAD ΤΟ ΜΕ.
Suddenly everyone is "toxic."
The Book That Never Stops Changing
What I’ve learned about Dublin, and myself, in a lifetime of reading Ulysses