How Should ?Huckleberry Finn? Be Taught?

I traveled around the country to find out if ?Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? still has a place in the classroom.

Someone Was Impersonating Collien Fernandes Online. She Says It Was Her Husband.

The German actress Collien Fernandes set out to discover who was pretending to be her and sending men sexually explicit material. Her answer ignited a feminist movement.

Can We Do Anything About Tick-Borne Diseases Like Alpha-Gal Syndrome?

A scientific and civilizational horror story.

Flock Cameras. Canoodling Lawyers. How Much Surveillance Are We Comfortable With?

Americans say they hate prying cameras. But they can?t look away.

A Simple, One-Word Trick to Turn Everyday Life Into Grand Fantasy

How ?lore? turns fact into fiction ? and vice versa.

The Blackout That Could Devastate America

The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.

Inside the Democratic Socialists of America?s Audacious Quest for Power

Democratic Socialists are capturing more votes than ever before ? even as they run up against the limits of their appeal.

Dunkin? Has a Bunch of New Drinks. Drinking Them Is Not the Point.

The odd new drinks of a beloved coffee chain reveal a lot about how the attention economy works.

My Sister Has Gone No-Contact With Our Parents. Do I Have to Choose Sides?

I do not want to become a mediator or messenger, yet the two sides seem to look to me for guidance.

An Expert on Conflict Says Your Relationships Are Doomed Without It

The author Priya Parker says the key to human connection is to lean into the fight.

My Husband Has Alzheimer?s. Can I Date Other People?

I?m now his caregiver, a single mother and the breadwinner for our family.

Everyone?s Using This A.I. Dictation App That I Want to Murder With a Hammer

Wispr Flow is supposed to make writing effortless and magical. So I ?wrote? this column with it.

My Mother Is Dying. Does That Mean I Have to Do Everything She Asks?

I don?t want to say no to everything, but I would like that option sometimes.

The Charming, Amusing, Surprisingly Low-Confidence Matthew Rhys

The ?Widow?s Bay? star on his two Emmy nominations, his penchant for going dark and his wobbly self-esteem.

Chatbots Are Pushing Us Toward a Post-Human Internet

In matters of work, school and even romance, we turn to A.I. chatbots. But what happens when the bots begin talking to one another?

How ?Stacks? Went From Bodybuilding and Computing to Describing Everything

The word used to describe a pile of stuff. Now it has to do with a mechanistic pursuit of perfection.

My Kids Think It?s Creepy That I Google People Before I Meet Them. Are They Right?

It?s not as if I am examining F.B.I. files or classified information!

He Was Deported to Eswatini in Southern Africa. He May Never Go Free.

As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned with no way out.

The Right Loves the Founding Fathers. They Might Love the A.I. Versions Even More.

Glenn Beck and other pundits are turning figures like George Washington into supposedly infallible podcasters.

How Shania Twain Won Over Gen Z

The pop-country megastar is still thrilling young audiences and influencing a new generation of musicians.

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