Is a River Alive?, by Robert Macfarlane (Norton). Rivers in Ecuador, India, and Canada provide the settings for this elegant travelogue, which asks whether a natural entity, such as a river, can be ...

“I’m ready for the exciting last thirty seconds of the basketball game which stretch into twenty-five minutes of fouls, time-outs, and commercials.” A drawing that riffs on the latest news and ...

In Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, the sport has not only its next great rivalry but a moment that highlights everything ...

With the “Big Beautiful Bill” in flux, and federal funds for gender-affirming care hanging in the balance, protections for ...