But instead, it struck the nation like a quiet explosion. People didn’t just look at it; they reacted as if something inside the [...]

The first wave of reactions was amusing: likes, jokes, memes. People looked at the face, compiled from statistics, and laughed, as if a [...]

His expression changed so suddenly, so sharply, it felt like someone had ripped the air right out of the room. He turned her [...]

She was 31, rebuilding her world from scratch after moving away from her hometown a decade earlier. She had survived disappointments, heartbreaks, financial [...]

She studied my child for a long moment before finally speaking. “She’s incredibly alert,” she said, her voice low and certain. “Give her [...]