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Back in 2016, when Donald Trump was first performing open-brain surgery on the American psyche, it became common to say...

Elsa / GettyThe spirit of mutual support and sportsmanship can be found throughout the Olympic Games, as evidenced so well...

To some people, the story began in a dusty field, gone wild with invasive grass. It was a story about...

The U.S. military commissions in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were set up in 2001, and after 23 years they are the...

Our country has always been a nation of laws, but something has changed dramatically in recent decades. Contrary to the...

During his Supreme Court confirmation hearing, in March 2017, Neil Gorsuch laid out his views on what makes for a...

Children—and the millions of private decisions to have or not have them—are in the news these days, for regrettable reasons....

Amanda Perobelli / ReutersAt the start of the women’s artistic gymnastics uneven bars final, the 16-year-old gymnast Zhang Yihan of...

This article was originally published by Undark Magazine.Among Lexie Manion’s memories of her junior year of high school in New...

Explore the September 2024 IssueCheck out more from this issue and find your next story to read.View MoreThis poem appears...