Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. In the 1930s, Michelle Janning’s grandmother was living in a South ...

On Saturday, tech entrepreneur Siqi Chen released an open source plugin for Anthropic’s Claude Code AI assistant that instructs the AI model to stop writing like an AI model. Called “Humanizer,” the ...

All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. Whether your New Year’s resolution was to lock in this semester, ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held in Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton that litigants do not have unlimited time to challenge judgments as void. Rather, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure ...

Billionaire former Russian oligarch seeks $350 million from Canada at international tribunal Chairman of prominent law firm Paul Weiss resigns after release of emails linking him to Epstein Gavin ...

In my high-school English classes, I often tell my students that they write their papers backwards: They devise a thesis and then look for evidence to support it. They’ll find what they want to see, I ...

January is traditionally a month for starting projects, trying new things, and working to break bad habits — particularly anything that gets in the way of self-improvement or productivity. Polygon ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...