Lost Bullied Its Unlikeliest Hero
Twenty years after Lost’s premiere, the show’s mistreatment of Hurley has become only more obvious.
Twenty years after Lost’s premiere, the show’s mistreatment of Hurley has become only more obvious.
As the Nazis performed executions deep in the Lithuanian woods, one local man took detailed, dispassionate notes. He was unwittingly creating one of the most unusual documents in history.
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
The pop singer is stuck in a rut—and her soulless new album doesn’t get her moving.
Some of the winning and honored images from this year’s bird-photography competition
In his new book, The Message, Ta-Nehisi Coates sacrifices necessary complexity.
And it was a total failure, even by the standards he set for himself.
How do I maintain a relationship with my extended family without feeling so unheard?
A once-ubiquitous feature of floor plans is becoming a rarity.
Romney has good reason to fear Trump’s vengeance.
The best-written stories can make readers feel as if they have passed through mundane states of being and been brought over to another universe.
The goal is not to earnestly correct the record on crime but to spread an atmosphere of fear and paranoia.
Grief, conspiracy theories, and one family’s search for meaning in the two decades since 9/11
Mutual aid keeps communities afloat in the moments after disasters strike. Why not turn it into a jobs program?
A preoccupation with safety has stripped childhood of independence, risk-taking, and discovery—without making it safer. A new kind of playground points to a better solution.
On questions of war and peace, governments must hear from many types of experts.
Why accept a peace proposal when the goal is “permanent war”?
Being single can be hard—but the search for love may be harder.