Eight Great Reads
A list of compelling stories about the year 1491, elite students who can't read books, and more
The Collapse of the Khamenei Doctrine
Iran’s supreme leader promised no peace and no war. But the moment of choice has come.
Inside the Carjacking Crisis
On the street with an elite police unit as it combats a crime wave
The Question Hanging Over Harris’s Campaign
Can she say no?
America Is Suffering an Identity Crisis
In two years, the U.S. will mark its 250th birthday, and the left doesn’t seem to care—giving up on America’s symbols and its very meaning.
How Ariana Grande Brought Bad Singing to SNL
Sometimes, it’s funny to sound terrible.
All Souls
The Scourge of ‘Win Probability’ in Sports
Fans can do this in their head.
The Poet of Loose Women Everywhere
Sandra Cisneros showed us how to be free.
The Case for Explorers’ Day
This year, I won’t be celebrating Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
A Baffling Movie Backed by Godfather Money
Culture and entertainment musts from Andrew Aoyama
Han Kang’s Transgressive Art
The author, who has never shied away from criticizing Korean culture, has also given South Korea its first Nobel Prize in Literature.
Scent of a Man
In a new memoir, Al Pacino promises to reveal the person behind the actor. But is he holding something back?
Shifting Campaign Strategies
How Harris and Trump are appealing to voters in states that could determine the election
Confessions of a Republican Exile
A longtime conservative, alienated by Trumpism, tries to come to terms with life on the moderate edge of the Democratic Party.
The Truth About Hurricane Geoengineering
Human attempts to control the weather are gaining momentum, but hurricanes are simply too powerful to harness.
How to Find a New Hobby
And how to deal with being bad at it for a while
Two of the Weirdest Albums of the 1970s
Peek behind the disco music, and you’ll find Richard Burton fighting Martians and Keith Moon warbling the Beatles.
‘Politics Can Do Strange Things to Demented People’
Campaigning in Pennsylvania, both Donald Trump and Barack Obama landed on a similar, aggressive line of attack: They don’t care about you.
The Lessons of Aging
Alan Hollinghurst’s and Lore Segal’s later writing takes two different approaches to growing old.
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