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Elizabeth Holmes facing the camera with her son as Nathan Fielder looks on from the background.

You Can See Everything Is Unexpectedly Heartbreaking

Without making excuses for the Theranos fraud, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary insists on Elizabeth Holmes’s humanity.

A episodic image from the HBO comedy Youth starring Sharon Horgan

Youth Is a Devastating Comedy About an Overlooked Stage of Motherhood

Sharon Horgan’s new show on HBO is a triumphant, unexpected follow-up to Motherland.

Watching Musk Feels Like Being Trapped in a Simulation

Elon Musk raising his hands in front of a crowd and large American flag.

Watching Musk Feels Like Being Trapped in a Simulation

Books & the Arts

An illustration from a photograph of author Ayad Akhtar using hazy line on the boarder of his body to represent malaise.

A Novel That Looks Deep Into a Crisis on Campus

The unsettling events of Ayad Akhtar’s The Radiance reflect a broader malaise in society.

A black and white photograph from 1908 showing Eugene Debs giving a campaign speech to supporters during his campaign , the third of his five runs for president

The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Tireless Socialist

A new biography of Eugene Debs makes clear that in the United States, the story of socialism is really the story of opposition to socialism.