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Welcome Home, Artemis II
This was the mission: to push deeper into the unknown, with humanity, with feeling, with awe, and with an unwavering commitment to always, always choose…
The Editors
Epstein in Neverland
I was supposed to broker a book deal with Michael Jackson. Instead, I watched Jeffrey Epstein taunt tigers and parade around girls.
David Vigliano
The Death of the Pocket Paperback
As the distributors retire the pocket paperback, we are reminded of what we lose when the printed page goes too.
Andrew Cusack
Will AI Destroy Music—or Revolutionize It?
As musicians see their work absorbed and copied by AI, some say: If you can’t beat the machine, use it.
Evan Gardner
Kanye Isn’t a Threat to British Jews
I don’t think the rapper is antisemitic; I think he’s mentally unwell, and he should not have been banned from traveling to the UK. And yet, it was…
Hadley Freeman
I Don’t Care If Gen Z Likes Me
Why are my fellow media personalities—people like Tucker Carlson—so desperate to impress the kids?
Bridget Phetasy
Saving a Lamb from the Slaughter
When my husband and I bought a farm, we wanted to raise and kill animals humanely. But it never gets easy—as one little ram taught us.
Larissa Phillips
The Unjust Prosecution of OneTaste
The cultish sexual wellness group was not exactly wholesome. But the founder’s prosecution and nine-year sentence distorts the law.
Billy Binion
Bruce Pearl: How March Madness Unites America
In a divided era, March Madness remains a rare tradition that brings Americans together.
Bruce Pearl
Should We Judge Age-Gap Relationships?
Netflix’s ‘Age of Attraction’ dating show breaks the age-gap taboo—and also shows why it exists.
Kat Rosenfield
Never Kill Yourself
When I went to the doctor in Vancouver with back pain, she offered me assisted suicide; instead, I recovered—and went to Cuba!
Miriam Lancaster
Roald Dahl’s Kanye West Moment
A new Broadway play asks how much we can forgive a genius for his ugliest beliefs. It’s a question that feels uncomfortably current.
Suzy Weiss
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