"Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" is NYC's most popular library book for 2024, with genre preferences varying by borough ...

The West is the land of the setting sun. That is its location on a map and its meaning in every language Westerners use to understand themselves. Erev in Hebrew means “evening,” so ma’arav means ...

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In an era where space tourism has become possible, the Red Planet has emerged as a dreamland for rich eccentrics and techno-utopians.

December 11, 2024 • In his new book, The Black Utopians, author Aaron Robertson tells the story of how Black folks have created many different versions of utopian communities throughout history ...

Leah Donnella is an editor on NPR's Code Switch team, where she helps produce and edit for the Code Switch podcast, blog, and newsletter. She created the "Ask Code Switch" series, where members of ...

With renewing public institutions on the agenda, the Network State could be an idea whose time has come. If so, Srinivasan ...

Writing in praise of Balaji Srinivasan’s 2022 book, “The Network State: How to Start a New Country,” Marc Andreessen observed that “Balaji has the highest rate of output per minute of good ...

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield was under scrutiny for planning to put time limits on anesthesia care. On Thursday, the large health insurer said it... One of the country's largest health insurers ...