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As vice president, J. D. Vance would elevate their disdain for American liberalism to the highest levels of government.

Sports have always had sore losers. But based on this year’s Games, athletes seem to be getting worse at losing well.

The Voynich Manuscript has long baffled scholars—and attracted cranks and conspiracy theorists. Now a prominent medievalist is taking a new approach to unlocking its secrets.

One medication has the potential to drastically reduce the number of deaths involving opioids. Yet few people are taking it. Why?

September cover story by Pulitzer winner Caitlin Dickerson, on traversing the Darién Gap, also available in Spanish

Artículo de portada de septiembre escrito por Caitlin Dickerson, ganadora del premio Pulitzer, sobre su travesía por el Tapón del Darién, también disponible en español

These titles help readers think through pressing questions about modern employment—including whether it’s time to walk away.

Both candidates seek to appeal to swing voters as well as their party’s base—but they do so in totally opposite ways.

Fanny Stevenson forced her husband, Robert Louis Stevenson, to live a bigger life than he had known.

Paying a little more attention to life outside of sports could benefit their mental health, during competition and after.

With photographs by Lynsey Addario, the cover story documents the harrowing journey through the jungle between Colombia and Panama

Many kids are too anxious to go to summer camp alone—and many parents are too stressed to let them. What if they went together?

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s debut work of fiction captures the paradox of immigrant identity in the United States.