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Is Being an Older, Single Mother the New Ideal?
I’m a 42-year-old woman with a toddler, and I am having—against all cultural expectations—a genuinely good time.
17 Best Luxury Luggage Brands on the Market
To travel smart is to select a suitcase from these 17 best luxury luggage brands from Rimowa to Gucci to Away. Get from A to…
New data suggests Trump’s assault on democracy may be stalling out
The status of American democracy feels paradoxical: somehow both damaged and well-functioning at the same time. On the one hand, the United States has a…
Noah Kahan Makes an Unlikely Home-Town Hero
In his new songs—and a new documentary—the Vermont singer-songwriter considers how the misery of fame can make you yearn for the place you meant to…
Why I Wanted to Keep My Marriage a Secret, by David Sedaris
It’s not that I was embarrassed by Hugh or that I thought someone better might come along. I just shudder when I hear a man…
A Lesson of Vietnam: Getting in Is Easier than Getting Out
The war was sustained by a seductive delusion: that an unwinnable conflict might still be managed into an outcome short of humiliation.
R. Kikuo Johnson’s “Meet-Cute”
The next generation.
The Violence in Vermeer
It is easy to treat the Dutch artist as an agreeable intimist—a transcriber of domestic niceties. But he grew up in a world of war,…
St. Paul Remade Human History. How Did He Do It?
New scholarship reconsiders the apostle who turned a Jewish sect into a world religion—and whose legacy remains contested two millennia later.
Zara Larsson Gets Her Flowers
On the “Midnight Sun” tour, the Swedish artist makes a comeback that feels like a début.