Jane After Jann
25 years after the split of Jane and Jann Wenner, a close friend reflects on Jane’s stoic second act
The Home Front
To guide her through some of the world’s most dangerous places, the veteran war correspondent drew from a lifetime of her mom’s advice
Where Have All the Thinkers Gone?
Editors at Bloomberg and The Economist make the case for a 21st-century Hobbes to solve our coronavirus woes
Squaring the Circle
A photographer chronicles the curious phenomenon of crop circles and the dreamers they attract
In Search of Lost Morals
Transactionalism has been a part of our politics since our founding. And, even during World War, it’s coexisted with decency. Not anymore
Jim Baker’s Midlife Crisis
The man who ran Washington during Watergate and the Cold War reveals the story behind his epic career switch
Growing Up Picasso
A new book focuses on the Spanish artist’s relationship with one of his greatest muses—his first daughter, Maya
Across the Universe
Fifty years after the Beatles parted, their enduring magic still lights up rock’s firmament
Flak Catchers
In an interview never before published in English, old friends Gay Talese and Tom Wolfe discuss American taboos, Trump, and his women
Cold Dead Hand
A top N.R.A. leader explains what happened when he ratted out the gun lobbyist of tutti gun lobbyists, Wayne LaPierre
Kids These Days
Mary Ellen Mark’s gritty photographs evoke the resilience and spirit of youth
You See, But You Do Not Observe …
He invented the world’s greatest detective, but Arthur Conan Doyle was also an intrepid traveler, his biographer reveals
Soul-Searching
They are known as history’s most ruthless warriors, but the Vikings also believed in luck and guardian angels
