The Ultimate 2019 Christmas Gifts Guide

Jack Pierson in Miami: An Artist and a City in Transformation

Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible

The Great Beatles Documentary That’s Nearly Impossible to See (Legally)

The World’s Poorest People Need Your Help, and So Do You

Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family

A.I. Can Do More of Your Shopping This Holiday Season

When Luxury Brands Make Woven Leather Bags, He Gets a Call

Why That Whitney Houston Drumbeat Is So Addictive, Yet Hard to Match

Ukraine and U.S. Set for Talks on Trump’s Plan to End War With Russia

Shakespeare Becoming Shakespeare, With Help From His Working-Class Peers

Chocolate Grows Up in the Land of Its Birth: the Amazon

Do You Have a SantaCon Story? We’d Love to Hear it.

How Noncitizens, Anxious Under Trump, Are Altering Their Lives

How Much Sex, Drugs and Violence Can Be in a PG-13 Movie?

The Voluptuous Return of ‘Love and Rockets’

Pulse-Pounding, Nail-Biting New Thrillers

‘Dystopian’: Skin Care for 4-Year-Olds Gets an Icy Reception

Robots, Raiders and Riches in a Gripping Prisoner’s Dilemma

The Shutdown Is Over. But for Federal Workers, the Anxiety Persists.

The Business Elite Needs Mamdani. They Just Don’t Know It Yet.

House Members Return to D.C. to Vote on Shutdown

The Young Women Grappling With an ‘Old Man’s Disease’

Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities

A San Francisco Clinic Shows Promise in Treating Drug-Fueled Public Breakdowns

A Yacht for Your Yacht

10 Promising Shows at the New York Comedy Festival

Bringing Frankenstein’s Monster Back to Life

Boiler Tower at Power Plant in South Korea Collapses, Trapping Workers

Dancing in Costumes That Don’t Want to Dance

The Soothing British Radio Show That Blew My Mind — and Put Me Right to Sleep

There’s Still a Shared American Story, and JD Vance’s Blood-and-Soil Vision Isn’t It

Searching for Scent in New York

Connections Companion No. 875