Politics

How the War in Ukraine Turned Tennis Into a Battlefield

It was a few days before the start of Wimbledon this summer, and Elina Svitolina, just off a flight from…

When Your ‘Doppelganger’ Becomes a Conspiracy Theorist

In June, the Canadian journalist and activist Naomi Klein was sitting in the dark gray booth of a recording studio…

I’m Dying of Cancer. Do I Have to Tell Anyone?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the information we owe our loved ones when terminally ill.

‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Everywhere. What Are They Doing to Us?

The Faroe Islands, an incongruous speckling of green in the North Atlantic, are about as far away as you can…

Sean Paul Is Still Busy

The song is a giddy exaltation of oscillating hips in full swing, of beautiful backsides and the beautiful forms they…

What Is ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ Doing to Soccer?

Hollywood has turned a perfectly good fourth-tier Welsh team into a TV show instead. That can’t be great.

Every Peach Shines in This Tart

Peaches are at the height of summer perfection right now. But even the most mundane stone fruit manages to thrill…

The Secret to Unshakable Confidence

Face your fears and take the plunge. You’ll feel freshly confident after you do.

How a Sexual Assault in a School Bathroom Became a Political Weapon

For months a sort of aerosolized fury had hung over the Loudoun County school district. There were fights over Covid…

Poem: Powerless Self-Judgement

Will Alexander’s visionary work achieves its effect through sound, not image.

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