Noah Giansiracusa is professor of mathematics at Bentley University, faculty associate at Harvard University, and author of ...

Naeema, a 30-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her malnourished two-year-old son Yazan in their damaged home in the ...

Poetically, Tolkien’s long struggle to realize his vision — the self-doubt that led to long pauses in composition, his frustrations with publishers and his general inability to be satisfied enough ...

The air lacks that distinctive mothball-and-mysterious-mustiness combo that haunts many thrift establishments—instead, you’ll find the neutral scent of a well-maintained retail space with perhaps just ...

Every fall, we publish our Best of Dallas issue, the Observer’s biggest print edition of the year. In those pages, we ...