In Plain Sight
A young girl was brought from Guinea to a wealthy suburb near Dallas. She spent the next sixteen years of…
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admin The Life and Times of an American Tween
Anna Wiener profiles a twelve-year-old and asks, “What’s it like to be a kid these days?”
Why Spain Is Standing Up to Donald Trump
Ishaan Tharoor on Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister, who has been a prominent opponent to European involvement in the…
The Confessions of Isaiah Rashad
Kelefa Sanneh on the Tennessee rapper and singer Isaiah Rashad, who just released his new album, “It’s Been Awful.”
Can Art Teach?
Calling something “didactic” has become grounds for immediate dismissal, David S. Wallace writes. But do the merits of works with…
Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?
Jill Lepore explores what happened when a version produced by Thomas Jefferson, with notes from Benjamin Franklin and John Adams,…
It’s Possible to Learn in Our Sleep. Should We?
New research suggests that people can communicate and even practice skills while dreaming. Shayla Love writes.
How Americans Caught Gold Fever Again
Soaring gold prices, viral panning influencers, gold-rush shows on Discovery TV, and Trump’s gold obsession have ignited a craze for…
Do We Think Too Much About the Future?
Joshua Rothman writes about the future and considers whether the concept is a flawed idea.
The Prehistory of A.I. Slop
Jill Lepore chronicles the rise of machine-generated writing, from a Hollywood plot-writing grift and Cold War computer poetry to the…