The author discusses her story “Hidden Life.”

“The Yahoo Boys,” “Unsayable,” “Sunrise,” and “Skin Contact.”

Ella Langley’s chart-topping lament is about what everyone wants to do in mid-August: give in and let go.

A tiny motor of pleasure had started to hum away inside her, but she was aware, too, of a flash of scorn. How easy it had been to arouse his admiration!

At Cynthia, an emphasis on low-waste cooking yields a menu of thrilling abundance.

The SAVE America Act is just one part of a package that includes an executive order and threats of prosecution, all in an effort to make Trump’s math work.

The author reads her story from the August 24 & 31, 2026, issue of the magazine.

After failing to eliminate funding for unaccompanied minors’ lawyers altogether, the Administration is pushing cases toward entities that lack both immigration expertise and the capacity to take them on.

After last year’s bobblehead-giveaway frenzy, the team is bringing Jason Alexander’s “Seinfeld” character back—this time, with a calzone.

A bevy of cultural sacraments marks our passage into adulthood, but the yawning decades beyond it unspool without ceremony.

Barbara Kopple’s documentary follows a generation of starlets, moguls, and other tanned partygoers who have no idea what tragedies and class anxieties lie in store.

In Patagonia, los puesteros look after other people’s livestock for not very much money, and sometimes go months without seeing anyone else.

Democrats talk a lot about affordability. Could a message of prosperity be more powerful?

The environmental activist has launched a project to document community concerns about the boom in data-center construction across the U.S.

The Vermont senator co-sponsored a bill that calls for a moratorium on building data centers. He discusses the environmental and economic concerns, and what the government can do.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Culture preview: what’s coming this season in TV, movies, art, theatre, dance, and music.

By preserving her fertility, the youngest woman elected to Congress is facing trade-offs familiar to many women. By doing it publicly, she’s driving conservatives crazy.

If the world seems to waste our time, it’s partly because we view time itself as a resource to be extracted and optimized.

Dave Green’s film about Wile E. Coyote’s quest for compensation sounds a note of zany triumph, having escaped, Road Runner-like, Warner’s attempt to cancel it.