CATEGORIES

LONDON CALLING

\"Operation Mincemeat,\" \"Guys and Dolls,\" and \"The Motive and the Cue.\"

OUT OF PLACE

Megan Fernandes's map of desire.

NOW YOU SEE IT

The curious allure of the heist.

Status in flux

For two years, no one travelled. Countries closed their borders to other countries that had closed their borders first.

BITTER PILL

Dying patients wanted access to a new drug of uncertain benefit. But hasty approval comes at a cost.

SHOW OF SUPPORT

Is the Army Tactical Bra ready for deployment?

READING BODY LANGUAGE LIKE THE EXPERTS

We can understand so much about W people are communicating by simply paying attention to their physical cues. Let's say that you're walking down the street and pass a guy who raises his arm in the air, then swings a knife at you. Body-language-wise, he wants to stab you.

Thursday

Fiction

DANCE OF DEATH

“The Comeuppance,” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

SONIC SIGNATURES

The unique sound worlds of Salvatore Sciarrino and Kaija Saariaho.

MORTAL COIL

Loving and letting go in Lorrie Moore's new novel.

THE STORY OF US

The startling intimacy of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

COMEBACKER

Daniel Bard overcame mysterious control problems to resume his career. Then the problems returned.

BORDERLINE CHAOS

America’s broken immigration system has spawned a national fight, but Congress lacks the will to fix it.

LIVES IN THE BALANCE

Why do \"dowry deaths\" persist?

A PARENTS' GUIDE TO CAMPUS TOURS

Welcome, parents! We are delighted that you have chosen to tour our campus with your offspring today.

THAT WAS AWKWARD

Pilvi Takala and the art of excruciation.

Back From the Dead

The afterlife of Susan Taubes.

A Reporter at Large - One for the Money

How to hire a pop star for your private party.

A Network Executive Writes a Sitcom

Shouts & Murmurs

PLAYTIME

“Past Lives” and “Squaring the Circle.”

UNCANNY VALLEY

Mannequins and mystification in Dorothy Tse’s dreamlike Hong Kong.

BORDER CONTROL

The economics of immigration vs. the politics of immigration.

MINORITY RULES

LETTER FROM NORTH CAROLINA | The once fringe legal theory that became a threat to democracy.

COMIC EFFECT

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS | How the Marvel Cinematic Universe swallowed Hollywood.

THE INTERVIEW ARTIST

James Grissom met Tennessee Williams—and suddenly knew everybody.

Lesser-Known Postpartum Mood Disorders

Shouts & Murmurs

Profiles – Words Fail

The tortured bond of Alice Sebold and Anthony Broadwater, the man wrongfully convicted of her rape.

SHOOTING STAR

Christine and the Queens’ restless self-inventions.

THE PIT AND THE PODIUM

Gustavo Dudamel, at the Philharmonic, and Nathalie Stutzmann, at the Met.