How the French Soccer Team Outdressed the N.B.A.
The video clip will feel familiar to anyone who has watched an N.B.A. pregame show in the past decade. A...
The Air Canada Crash: Before and After the Frantic Call to ‘Stop, Stop, Stop’
They were two young pilots from Canada, still early in their careers, and two firefighters from Queens and Long Island,...
‘A Young Woman Opened the Door on the Other Side and Slid in Next to Me’
Catch of the Day Dear Diary: I was working at the headquarters of a large restaurant company in Midtown. My...
Goodbye, ‘Queer Eye.’ Goodbye, Queer Acceptance.
When the final season of “Queer Eye” dropped this year, it did so with too little fanfare: a scant five...
Help! My Favorite Athlete Is an Idiot.
Recently I’ve begun to worry that I know way too much about my favorite athletes’ political beliefs. “Shut up and...
Marshall McLuhan Was Right About Claude, Too
In his classic book “Understanding Media,” Marshall McLuhan dwells on the Greek myth of Narcissus. If it’s been a while...
Would You Run a 5K in a Van? On a Plane? In the Tub?
In the world of running influencers, stunts can be worth just as much as impressive race results. On TikTok, Instagram...
Why Marriage, for So Many, Is Less Appealing Than Ever
After an eight-year relationship ended in 2021, Chloe Bow started imagining what life might look like if she gave up...
‘Nowhere Else to Go’: The Squatters in the Richest Part of Seoul
Lee Chang-wol lives on a sliver of some of the most coveted real estate in Seoul, in the city’s rich...
A Toothless Iran? Missile and Drone Strikes Show It Can Still Inflict Pain.
An Iranian strike on an American military base in Saudi Arabia, injuring two dozen troops. Two drones targeting a port...
Record Number of T.S.A. Employees Called Out on Friday
More Transportation Security Administration employees called out of work on Friday than any other day of the partial government shutdown,...
Is There a Religious Revival in America?
In the early 2020s, secularization stopped: After rising for 15 years, the nonreligious share of the American population suddenly stopped...
‘Project Hail Mary’ Is Fun. Maybe That’s All It Takes.
“Project Hail Mary” opened last weekend to more than $80 million at the domestic box office, the biggest opening for...
Stephen Miller’s Latest Low
The latest front in Stephen Miller’s personal and political war on the 14th Amendment, which began last January with President...
Astronaut’s Condition That Led to Space Station Evacuation Remains a Mystery
The astronaut who was inexplicably left unable to talk during an International Space Station mission and whose medical episode prompted...
