To-Do the List

Heavyweight

New York City— A man places a candle under a

Won’t Back Down

Los Angeles—Ella and Dylan Driscoll, the grandchildren of Senator Bernie

In Seine!

Juvisy-sur-Orge, France—French rescue workers help residents evacuate on June 3

The Road to Rio

Rio de Janeiro— Popole Misenga, a refugee who fled the

THE BUGS FROM BRAZIL

IN AUGUST, Rio de Janiero will host roughly 10,000 Olympic

TRUST US. WE’RE POLITICIANS

LESLIE RZEZNIK was excited to vote for Hillary Clinton in

LOCKED IN KENYA’S CLOSET

ONE BUSTLING AFTERNOON in Nairobi, three gay men from Uganda

WHEN A GIANT ROAMED THE EARTH

ON THE MORNING of September 6, 1960, Cassius Clay was

‘I Have a Stream’

Long ago, before Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime, gadgets called

TECH WAITS FOR NO MAN

SILICON VALLEY IS THE NEW ROME. AS IN THE TIME

THE THIN SINS

HE CASTING DIRECTOR, a Dutch man in his 50s with

IN FOR A PENNY

WHAT SPOTIFY AND TIDAL did for music, a Dutch startup

THE GENESIS IPO

DISRUPTION is so last decade. Creation is the thing now

THE OD KILLER

ANYTIME HER phone would ring at odd hours, Julie Stampler’s

ALGORITHMS DON’T EAT DOUGHNUTS

ON THE MORNING of August 10, 1999, Buford Oneal Furrow

PINING FOR THE TSAR

FOR THE PAST 35 years, Svetlana Alexievich has traversed the

AU KORAN

IT IS AUDACIOUS for any artist to treat as his

TWO QUESTIONS WITH ANTHONY BOURDAIN

WATCHING ANTHONY Bourdain eat can make you cringe, at least

LET THE GOOD SMOKES ROLL

HAVANA IS the destination of the moment. In the past