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How America Celebrated Its 100th Birthday
The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 promised a glorious industrial future. Outside its gates, the country seethed with violence and corruption.
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June 2026
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THE CLOWN SHOW
The Savannah Bananas are reviving one of the most entertaining—and controversial—teams in Negro Leagues history.
10+ min |
June 2026
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The Diva
Denyce Graves is retiring from performing after a career as one of opera's leading women. But there's more work for her to do.
10 min |
June 2026
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Cat Heir
Did Karl Lagerfeld really leave millions to Choupette?
10+ min |
June 2026
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The Secret of Elizabeth Strout's Appeal
How she writes best sellers that are also critical darlings
10 min |
June 2026
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THE VENTURE-CAPITAL POPULIST
How David Sacks and the new tech right went full MAGA and captured Washington
10+ min |
June 2026
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Glory Days
Heartland rock was shot through with nostalgia— but nostalgia for what?
9 min |
June 2026
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Alien Nation
Why Americans want to believe that the government is hiding the truth about extraterrestrial life
10+ min |
June 2026
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Dinah's Hat
On the day Dinah lost her hat, I was sitting on the top step of my just-right Scamp trailer doing a crossword.
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June 2026
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THE AMERICA I'VE KNOWN
In my 93rd year, it's become ever more clear that patriotism requires sacrifice and collective effort.
7 min |
June 2026
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THE MEN WHO DON'T WANT WOMEN TO VOTE
OR WORK. OR HAVE OPINIONS.
10+ min |
June 2026
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A Land of Artists
Few people have taught us to see America quite like Lee Friedlander.
2 min |
June 2026
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HOW TO WIN ON JEOPARDY
You don't need to learn everything. You need to learn one thing about everything.
8 min |
June 2026
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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
The Atlantic
New Chairs
Collaboration, for Robert Rauschenberg and Merce Cunningham, began with the arrangement of chairs.
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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.
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April 2026
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MY SELF-DRIVING CAR CRASH
The Tesla was driving perfectly—until it wasn't.
8 min |
April 2026
The Atlantic
The Last Days of Franco
Montserrat Roig's classic novel captures Barcelona on the cusp of unimaginable change.
7 min |
April 2026
The Atlantic
INSATIABLE
Indoor rain, windows to nowhere, and reanimated nuclear reactors- how the race to power AI is remaking the physical world
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