I'm Italian American, but I Don't Celebrate Columbus Day.

Misrepresented by the right and misunderstood by the left, the Sage of Baltimore delivered scathing—and still bracing—indictments of American injustice

An American Masterpiece

Why don’t little magazines like n+1, The Point, and The Drift produce more book reviews? Ross Barkan details an emerging problem

Using AI to mitigate the growing environmental threat of data centers

Woodworking, building computers, photography — why is so much of Francis Fukuyama’s memoir concerned with his hobbies?

Students for Justice in Palestine Celebrates October 7

The almost-forgotten Akhenaten. The pharaoh revolutionized Egyptian theology and art, then was erased from the material record

DOGE Shut Down This Agency. Now Its Employees Are Back on the Payroll With Nothing To Do.

You Call This Living?

David Bowie on Creativity and His Advice to Artists

Your Immune System Ages in Two Big Bursts

"Federal Judges Receive Life Tenure—Not a Life Sentence"

This Newly Discovered Dinosaur Looks Terrifying—But Probably Wouldn’t Eat You

The Bond Market Doesn't Trust the Treasury

Why is robotics a different RL problem than LLMs?

Poultry and paranoia in the Great White North

Librarians on Libraries

Exclusive: An AI agent emailed hundreds of researchers for help. It told us why

Universe 25 and the Problem of Utopia

To Support Nepal, Waive Remittance Fees