Life and Letters: Mind Over Matter
Oliver Sacks, famed for empathetic case studies, privately struggled with guilt over embellishing patients’ stories. Rachel Aviv reveals how his writing intertwined with his own longing, identity, decades of therapy, and late coming-out. As he aged, greater emotional distance let him portray people more truthfully, deepening his legacy.
The Mischievous Ex-Bankers Behind “Industry”
Konrad Kay and Mickey Down failed as financiers—but they’re making a killing by depicting the profession on HBO.
In the Line of Fire
During the Trump era, political violence has become an increasingly urgent problem. Elected officials from both parties are struggling to respond.
How the Sports Stadium Went Luxe
Is the race to create ever more lavish spectator offerings in America’s largest entertainment venues changing the fan experience?
One of the Greatest Polar-Bear Hunters Confronts a Vanishing World
In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him.
Can President Trump’s peace initiative resolve a thirty-year conflict in the Congo?
The President declared a diplomatic triumph. The view from the ground is more complex.
Annals of Law Enforcement: Hatchet Man
Donald Trump prioritizes loyalty, choosing Kash Patel—seen as unqualified and conspiracy-minded—to lead the F.B.I. Patel focuses the Bureau on Trump’s political aims, reassigning thousands of agents, firing those involved in past Trump cases, and pushing immigration enforcement. Former officials describe severe dysfunction and warn that Patel, driven solely by devotion to Trump, poses a serious danger.
Onward and Upward with the Arts: Possession
As af Klint’s fame has grown, so have the questions—about what she believed, whom she worked with, and who should be allowed to speak in her name.
Life and Letters: Mind Over Matter
Oliver Sacks, famed for empathetic case studies, privately struggled with guilt over embellishing patients’ stories. Rachel Aviv reveals how his writing intertwined with his own longing, identity, decades of therapy, and late coming-out. As he aged, greater emotional distance let him portray people more truthfully, deepening his legacy.
The Mischievous Ex-Bankers Behind “Industry”
Konrad Kay and Mickey Down failed as financiers—but they’re making a killing by depicting the profession on HBO.
In the Line of Fire
During the Trump era, political violence has become an increasingly urgent problem. Elected officials from both parties are struggling to respond.
How the Sports Stadium Went Luxe
Is the race to create ever more lavish spectator offerings in America’s largest entertainment venues changing the fan experience?
One of the Greatest Polar-Bear Hunters Confronts a Vanishing World
In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him.
Can President Trump’s peace initiative resolve a thirty-year conflict in the Congo?
The President declared a diplomatic triumph. The view from the ground is more complex.
Annals of Law Enforcement: Hatchet Man
Donald Trump prioritizes loyalty, choosing Kash Patel—seen as unqualified and conspiracy-minded—to lead the F.B.I. Patel focuses the Bureau on Trump’s political aims, reassigning thousands of agents, firing those involved in past Trump cases, and pushing immigration enforcement. Former officials describe severe dysfunction and warn that Patel, driven solely by devotion to Trump, poses a serious danger.
Onward and Upward with the Arts: Possession
As af Klint’s fame has grown, so have the questions—about what she believed, whom she worked with, and who should be allowed to speak in her name.