After years of failed deals and tit-for-tat violence, neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians believe their adversaries will ever negotiate in good faith.The last, best chance for a peace plan between Israel and the Palestinian authorities came in 2008, when... More »
The Old Forge on the rugged peninsula of Knoydart is a community-owned meeting point for locals and visitors — at least those willing to trek across the wilderness.The simple pleasure of a hot pub meal and a cold pint can be found just down the street for most... More »
When the Michigan State University College Democrats held their weekly meetings last spring at a sprawling residential hall on campus, organizers were lucky if they could get more than 30 students to show up.There was little enthusiasm for President Biden, the... More »
Scientists have mapped the genome of the Greenland shark, which could offer clues to the animal’s extreme longevity.The Greenland shark is not exactly charismatic. Its hulking frame is covered by sandpaper skin. Its fins, stunted, sit awkwardly along its sides... More »
The wonders of the ocean and the terrors of A.I. meet in a Richard Powers’s new novel, which considers the future of an environmentally challenged Polynesian island.PLAYGROUND by Richard PowersThe ecological novel has become a staple of contemporary fiction, a... More »
The U.S. Open looked like fun and games for Racquet magazine.The company threw a bustling rooftop party at Rockefeller Center with at least seven corporate sponsors, where guests juggled Shake Shack burgers with Ciroc goblets. They celebrated a new issue, gues... More »
From the moment that Kamala Harris took her place among 57 counterparts at the 2004 California District Attorneys Association annual conference, it was an open question how, if at all, the first Black, Asian American and female D.A. in the state’s history woul... More »
“Indra’s Net,” coming to the Park Avenue Armory, shows off the polymathic Monk’s artistry as she enters her 60th season as a performer.As the story goes, Indra, the king of the gods, takes a net and stretches it across the universe. At each joint is a jewel, u... More »
With slogans and in social-media posts, the former president has dribbled out ideas that, together, would fundamentally change how taxes are collected in the U.S.At the start of the summer, when former President Donald J. Trump visited Republicans on Capitol H... More »
In “Undivided,” the political scientist Hahrie Han follows members of a mostly white congregation that resolved to fight bias and promote racial justice.UNDIVIDED: The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an American Church, by Hahrie HanCrossroads Church in Cincinn... More »
“The Golden Bachelorette” offers a glimpse at how dating changes after losing the love of your life. This is what it’s really like.Four months after her husband of 30 years died in 2012, Kathryn Shephard Cowan went on a date to the symphony with a man who seem... More »
Popular media, such as the 2000 film "Gladiator," often depict Roman gladiators in gory battles that don't end until at least one of the fighters is slain. But in real life, did gladiators really fight to the death?In fact, sometimes they did, but not always, ... More »