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When J.D. Vance’s memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” came out in 2016, it made waves by humanizing the white working poor. At the time, Vance was firmly anti-Trump. Now he’s the Vice President.

If the word “Viking” conjures for you a warrior with braided hair raiding a village in the north of Europe, you’re not exactly wrong. But there’s a lot more to the story.

Alua Arthur’s life’s work is all about death. She’s a witness and shepherd to people who have reached the end of life. And she wants you to think about death too.

It’s been a year of politics and constant news. Now, it’s time to sit back and relax over the holidays with a good book — and grab a few for your friends.

In 2021, unmarked graves were discovered at several residential boarding schools in Canada. Then the investigations began.

If you want to get to the roots of horror in America, you have to go way back. Back to slavery, back to Salem, back to the colonization of the New World.

In 1977, Randy Bachman was a rock star. Then the guitar with which he’d written hits like “American Woman” and “Takin’ Care of Business” was stolen.

More than 400 years ago this month, a group of English protestants—separatists from the Church of England—landed in the New World in search of religious freedom. But what did freedom really mean to these pilgrims?

Talk about bad. Not only does the 1965-film “The Conqueror” feature John Wayne, of all people, in the leading role as Genghis Khan, but its production may have led to cancer diagnoses in the cast and crew.

This week we’re revisiting two of our favorite conversations from 2024, asking questions about life on the Red Planet and animals that inspire awe.