“Humans are besotted with color and we always have been. We love it so much we will breathe it, eat it, drink it, and look at it until our eyes roll back in our heads. We will paint with it, paint the world with it, paint ourselves with it. We will go to the ends […]
“So many people are nearsighted on the island nation that they have already glimpsed what could be coming for the rest of us.”
“You might think you’re immune to political advertising. In Montana, I learned the hard way: None of us are.”
“Frank DePalma. . . . found comfort in the absence of light.”
Seven essays that go beyond the box score.
This week, our editors recommend stories by Yessenia Funes, Carl Elliott, Courtney Shea, Jillian Steinhauer, and Ed Simon.
“We compiled Reconstruction-era documents to identify 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans given land—only to have it returned to their enslavers.”
“On Walter Isaacson’s biographical project.”
“To learn the art of glassblowing is to learn how to be patient.”
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