Month: November 2024

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The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read BooksTo read a book in college, it helps to have read a book...

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Power-hungry presidents of both parties have been concocting ways to get around Congress for all of American history. But as...

In Mexico, the conditions that have contributed to the largest sustained movement of humans across any border in the world...

On a sunny morning in October 2023, a 90-year-old woman in a blue blazer walked slowly toward the main courthouse...

For Lucca Baila’s third birthday, his mother, Morgan, knew that he didn’t want balloons or cake or streamers. He wanted...

At its best, a presidential biopic can delve into the monomaniacal focus—and potential narcissism—that might drive a person to run...

In 1991, only one album into its career, De La Soul tried to pull off an unusually audacious move. The...

Jimmy O. Yang had been trying to make it as an actor for years—cobbling together bit parts in network sitcoms,...