Five Books That Conjure Entirely New Worlds
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 best-written stories can make readers feel as if they have passed through mundane states of being and been brought over to another universe.
Ashli Babbitt’s mother and the wife of a notorious January 6 rioter are at the center of a new mythology on the right. They are also my neighbors.
If we’re willing to see children terrorized because of a false rumor about Haitian immigrants, we should ask who abducted our conscience, not someone’s pet.
He said Republican politicians would be easy to break. He was right.
Some introspection is healthy and necessary, but too much can trap you in a cycle of misery.
Autocrats dump their democratic allies and keep the company of kleptocrats.
One of the worst maritime disasters in European history took place a decade ago. It remains very much in the public eye. On a stormy night on the Baltic Sea, more than 850 people lost their lives when a luxurious ferry sank below the waves. From a mass of material, including official and unofficial reports and survivor testimony, our correspondent has distilled an account of the Estonia’s last moments—part of his continuing coverage for the magazine of anarchy on the high seas.
The director’s fantasy of film’s technological potential is still far from a reality.
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.
A short story
How Jews became collateral damage in a Republican power struggle
For most, the big decision is about whether to vote at all.
Another restructure, and the clearest signal yet of what the company really is
It’s a need that government subsidies and better family policy can’t necessarily address.
An absurd lesson in transparency and hypocrisy
The world’s time, to which all clocks are set, comes from small national labs. Ukraine’s is in Kharkiv, a city under fire.
Economists aren’t telling the whole truth about tariffs.
Donald Trump’s Mob-boss warning to American Jews
Sabrina Carpenter tackles the exasperation of being young, female, straight, and single in 2024.