As some Wall Street billionaires melt down over Zohran Mamdani’s policy platform, a prominent progressive economist argues ...

Is a River Alive?, by Robert Macfarlane (Norton). Rivers in Ecuador, India, and Canada provide the settings for this elegant travelogue, which asks whether a natural entity, such as a river, can be ...

The author reads her story from the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue of the magazine.

“I’m ready for the exciting last thirty seconds of the basketball game which stretch into twenty-five minutes of fouls, time-outs, and commercials.” A drawing that riffs on the latest news and ...

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