Prologue

Daniel Alarcón’s dad was obsessed with soccer when he was growing up, but he was only average at soccer.

Veronica Chater explains the conflict in her house between her love for her pet macaw—a kind of parrot—and her love for her husband and three kids.

Writer Brady Udall with another story about what animals can take the place of, in our lives and in our homes—this one involving an armadillo.

Religion professor Elaine Pagels explains the roots and evolution of Satan in religious texts.

The story of two young people who, in their search to figure out who they were, pretended to be people they weren't.

All the little and not-so-little ways the Trump administration is tightening its scrutiny of immigrants.