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- American Insomnia
Insomnia has become a public-health emergency.
By Jennifer Senior
From the August 2025 issue.
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59 min - Nuclear Roulette
The contours of World War III are visible in numerous conflicts. The president of the United States is not ready.
By Jeffrey Goldberg
From the August 2025 issue.
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13 min - The President’s Weapon
Why does the power to launch nuclear weapons rest with a single American?
By Tom Nichols
From the August 2025 issue.
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26 min - How Toni Morrison Changed Publishing
At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.
By Clint Smith
From the August 2025 issue.
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17 min - The Canonization of James Joyce
How Richard Ellmann made James Joyce a hero to generations of readers and scholars
By Eric Bulson
From the July 2025 issue.
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19 min - When Mick Jagger Met the King of Zydeco
How the legendary rock band discovered the music of Clifton Chenier
By Reya Hart
From the July 2025 issue.
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17 min - The World’s Hardest Bluffing Game
Why are some Iraqis so good at figuring out when a person is lying?
By Jason Anthony
From the July 2025 issue.
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13 min - The Tracy Anderson Way
How Tracy Anderson built an exercise empire
By Xochitl Gonzalez
From the July 2025 issue.
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33 min - Witness
What years of witnessing executions taught me about sin, mercy, and the possibility of redemption
By Elizabeth Bruenig
From the July 2025 issue.
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46 min - Fast Times and Mean Girls
What the great teen movies tell us about American adolescence
By Hillary Kelly
From the July 2025 issue.
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