Essay Philanthropy Treasure in Heaven By Peter Brown St. Augustine and other early Christians challenged the Roman idea of charity by invoking the ultimate authority—God. More
Essay The Sea Around Alone By Maggie Shipstead The challenge of the world’s first solo, nonstop, around-the-world yacht race: to endure the danger of the sea, and the strain of solitude. More
Essay Lines of Work Lost Tools By Donovan Hohn A tour of the antique tool trade confirms that they just don’t make things like they used to. More
Essay Spies Happy All the Time By Lynn Stuart Parramore As biometric tracking takes over the modern workplace, the old game of labor surveillance is finding new forms. More
Essay Migration Doctors Without Borders By Deirdre Mask On the Black doctors who received their medical degrees and a new sort of freedom in Europe. More
Essay Eros Fear and Loathing By Dagmar Herzog How the Kinsey Reports forever altered America’s sexual landscape—and not for the better. More
Essay Crimes & Punishments Murder in Black & White By Nathaniel Rich A history of film noir, America’s cinematic take on life on the bottom. More
Essay About Money Prometheus Unbound By Jack Weatherford From the invention of coinage to the present day, each technological innovation in currency has further expanded money’s role in our lives. More
