The 3.10.24 Issue

Highlights

1. Kate Winslet Pushes Her Characters, and Herself, to the Edge

   As a young star, she endured Hollywood’s brutal treatment of women. Now she’s putting her resilience and grit on full display.

    By Susan Dominus

   

2. The Comet Strike Theory That Just Won’t Die

   Mainstream science has done its best to debunk the notion, but a belief in a world-changing series of prehistoric impacts continues to gain momentum.

    By Zach St. George

   

3. Why Power Eludes the French Left

   France has often been the vanguard of leftist politics — but support in the streets doesn’t always translate to votes at the ballot box.

    By Elisabeth Zerofsky

   

4. The Ethicist

   My Spouse Is the Breadwinner. How Should We Divvy Assets in the Divorce?

   The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to equitably divide marital assets after a split.

    By Kwame Anthony Appiah