Under a Spell Everlasting
Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, published a century ago, tells of a world unable to free itself from the cataclysm of war
By Samantha Rose Hill Monday, December 2, 2024
Moondance
Experience the marvel that is
night-blooming tobacco
By Leigh Ann Henion Tuesday, September 3, 2024
A Forgotten Turner Classic
Who was George Eyser, the one-legged German-American gymnast who astounded at the Olympic Games?
By Joshua Prager Monday, June 3, 2024
Tales From an Attic
Suitcases once belonging to residents of a New York State mental hospital tell the stories of long-forgotten lives
By Sierra Bellows Monday, March 4, 2024
In the Forest of the Colobus
At a Gambian nature reserve, troops of endangered monkeys—and numerous other creatures—enact a grand drama that plumbs the mysteries of life, death, and regeneration
By Dawn Starin Monday, December 4, 2023
The Grinberg Affair
One of Mexico’s most curious missing-persons cases involves a scientist who dabbled in the mystical arts
By Ilan Stavans Tuesday, September 5, 2023
A Kingdom of Little Animals
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek’s discovery of microorganisms made possible the revolutionary advances in biology and medicine that continue to inform our Covid age
By Laura J. Snyder Thursday, June 1, 2023
The Goddess Complex
A set of revered stone deities was stolen from a temple in northwestern India; their story can tell us much about our current reckoning with antiquities trafficking
By Elizabeth Kadetsky Thursday, March 2, 2023
The Road to Paradise and Back
Fires in the West, hurricanes in the East—what it’s like on the ground as we confront our rapidly changing world
By David Gessner Thursday, December 1, 2022
The Corals and the Capitalist
The key to avoiding an ecological catastrophe might be found in the wealth of nations and the spirit of innovation
By Juli Berwald Thursday, December 1, 2022
Color Lines
How DNA ancestry testing can turn our notions of race and ethnicity upside down
By W. Ralph Eubanks Friday, March 1, 2013
A New Birth of Reason
Robert Ingersoll, the Great Agnostic, inspired late-19th-century Americans to uphold the founders’ belief in separation of church and state
By Susan Jacoby Friday, December 7, 2012
The Clintons Up Close
A friendship between two couples yields insights into a presidency and a marriage
By Jane Warwick Yoder and Edwin M. Yoder Jr. Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Justice for Sale
How big money is overwhelming judicial elections and corroding our confidence in the courts
By Lincoln Caplan Friday, June 1, 2012
Affirmative Inaction
Opposition to affirmative action has drastically reduced minority enrollment at public universities; private institutions have the power and the responsibility to reverse the trend
By William M. Chace Thursday, December 1, 2011
The Decline of the English Department
How it happened and what could be done to reverse it
By William M. Chace Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The Last Island of the Savages 
Journeying to the Andaman Islands to meet the most isolated tribe on Earth
By Adam Goodheart Tuesday, September 5, 2000
