The Weekend Essay

The force of low self-esteem can feel so enormous, so unexplainable, it seems almost mythic.

At the frontiers of knowledge, researchers are discovering that A.I. doesn’t just take prompts—it gives them, too, sparking new forms of creativity and collaboration.

In the age of MAGA, the show’s small-town values are both a relief and slightly outdated. In the end, will we and the animated characters all live like city people?

I spent months limiting my movement, to protect a high-risk pregnancy. How did it change me?

My father taught me about jazz, poetry, and philosophy, but he couldn’t show me how to be Black and a Red Sox fan.

In a maximum-security facility in upstate New York, students tackled Samuel Richardson’s “Clarissa” and Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” finding a sense of purpose that transcended ordinary coursework.

For nearly a year, a motley crew scoured New Orleans for a shaggy white mutt named Scrim.

The job of a mail carrier is multifaceted and challenging, but that work unites the people of this country.

The headwear is burdened by stereotypes—but it can carry, too, the pleasures of self-invention.