Life

“Too much life enters this house,” Tillie Olsen, the writer, labor activist and mother of four daughters, wrote in a…

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether there is inherent value in human life more than any other kind of life.

To understand the remarkable moral, political and intellectual collapse of the pro-life movement, look to the Alabama Supreme Court, not…

I hated domesticity so much that for years, I lived happily without a kitchen. This $19 device helped me survive.

A tireless advocate of contemporary music, he adapted literary sources both modern and classic, instilling his work with “inimitable character…

Describe your ideal reading experience (when, where, what, how). Peace! I need my peace. I usually read in my office,…

The investor Josh Kushner and his wife, Karlie Kloss, have struck a deal with Barry Diller’s media company to revive…

I began my public health career more than 20 years ago, at a time when H.I.V. was ravaging many countries…

The private musings of Sonny Rollins reveal an artist devoted to the rigors of self-improvement.

Paul Alexander, who died at 78, was paralyzed with polio at age 6 and relied on the machine to breathe.…