admin Why the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest
David O’Neill on “three six five,” a new collection of writing exercises by the writer Lucy Ives, and the venerable…
The Gaza Peace Plan Has Gone Nowhere
Isaac Chotiner interviews Michael Milshtein, the head of the Palestinian Studies Forum at Tel Aviv University, about the U.S.-negotiated ceasefire…
In Plain Sight
A young girl was brought from Guinea to a wealthy suburb near Dallas. She spent the next sixteen years of…
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…