Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is highlighting the challenges of contemporary fertility and parenthood—areas that many women must navigate like secret second jobs.

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The environmental activist has launched a project to document community concerns about the boom in data-center construction across the U.S.

The Vermont senator co-sponsored a bill that calls for a moratorium on building data centers. He discusses the environmental and economic concerns, and what the government can do.

Democrats talk a lot about affordability. Could a message of prosperity be more powerful?

After failing to eliminate funding for unaccompanied minors’ lawyers altogether, the Administration is pushing cases toward entities that lack both immigration expertise and the capacity to take them on.

After last year’s bobblehead-giveaway frenzy, the team is bringing Jason Alexander’s “Seinfeld” character back—this time, with a calzone.

Presbyopia, an eye disorder that results in blurred vision at previously normal reading lengths, is contracted by every person over 45.

In Patagonia, los puesteros look after other people’s livestock for not very much money, and sometimes go months without seeing anyone else.

Barbara Kopple’s documentary follows a generation of starlets, moguls, and other tanned partygoers who have no idea what tragedies and class anxieties lie in store.

The author discusses her story “Hidden Life.”

Short reviews of recent releases.

Ella Langley’s chart-topping lament is about what everyone wants to do in mid-August: give in and let go.

A tiny motor of pleasure had started to hum away inside her, but she was aware, too, of a flash of scorn. How easy it had been to arouse his admiration!

The Grammy-winning artist on coming out as nonbinary, writing requited love songs for the first time, and why their new album, “Hazel Eyes,” is their most personal yet.

At Cynthia, an emphasis on low-waste cooking yields a menu of thrilling abundance.

The SAVE America Act is just one part of a package that includes an executive order and threats of prosecution, all in an effort to make Trump’s math work.

The author Madhuri Vijay reads her short story from this week’s issue. Listen here.