A Hamlet for Our Age of Racial Reckoning
A conversation between a leading Shakespeare scholar and this summer’s Shakespeare in the Park director about staging Hamlet in the Atlanta of 2020
The Summer My Father Was a Cowboy
A poem for Sunday
The Feminists Insisting That Women Are Built Differently
An emerging strand of feminism zeroes in on the differences between male and female bodies.
What Emma Lazarus Got Wrong About Immigration
Immigrants aren’t a call upon America’s charity. They’re far more likely to start a business—and employ other workers—than native-born Americans.
Morality Is for Trump What Colors Are to the Color-Blind
The majority of his enablers, though, still know right from wrong.
Killer Whales Are Not Our Friends
Stop rooting for the orcas ramming boats.
When a Show About the Future Is Stuck in Place
The newest season of Black Mirror is a stale collection of shallow, unfulfilling stories.
Is the Beach Actually Any Fun?
Perspectives from all sides of the ocean-holiday debate
Is Crypto Dead?
Or can the industry recover?
‘She’s Going to Be Famous for a Long Time’
Aileen Cannon has little experience as a judge, but Democratic lawyers who have appeared in her courtroom say she’s ready for the trial of her life.
A Master Class in How Not to Act at Work
I Think You Should Leave reveals the absurdity of office culture.
Why It Matters Who Caused Inflation
Disentangling the many drivers of the trend is difficult, but who we blame for it also shapes what we do about it.
The End of Affirmative Action. For Real This Time.
Two Supreme Court decisions expected next week could profoundly change the makeup of higher education.
The Powerful Weirdness of Cormac McCarthy
On the death of a singular writer
Don’t Wait for the Children to Save Us
Young activists capture people’s attention. They also bear an impossible weight of expectation.
The Age of Pleasure Is Here
New albums by Janelle Monáe, Jake Shears, and Jessie Ware offer uninhibited takes on life after stir-craziness.
The Fundamental Paradox of Latinidad
In his new book, Héctor Tobar tries to pin down an inherently slippery concept.
Car-Rental Companies Are Ruining EVs
Good luck charging your surprise electric rental car.
‘Nobody Will Evacuate These Poor People’
Reaching flood victims in Russian-occupied Ukraine is so dangerous that only Ukrainians will do it. Where are the international organizations that were made for this?
Why Are So Many Women Being Told Their Hormones Are Out of Whack?
At-home test kits promise clarity about users’ health and fertility. Experts say they could just lead to more confusion.