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Shalom Auslander goes on vacation with his family, and suspects the beloved, chatty old man in the room next door is an imposter—and sets out to prove it. This and other stories about the pitfalls of making snap judgments about others.

The story of Harold Washington and the white backlash that ensued when he became Chicago's first Black mayor.

Since October 7, Israel has intensified restrictions on West Bank Palestinians while global attention focused on Gaza. We travel to the West Bank to see these changes in person.

Conversations across a divide: People who are outside a war zone check in with family, friends, and strangers inside.