How the Real Jane Roe Shaped the Abortion Wars
by Margaret Talbot

The all-too-human plaintiff of Roe v. Wade captured the messy contradictions hidden by a polarizing debate.

Tabula Rasa: Volume Two
by John McPhee

A project meant not to end.

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Leonard Bernstein Through His Daughter’s Eyes
On the centenary of his birth, a memoir captures what it’s like being raised by a man with mythic successes and long-held secrets.
by David Denby

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Saint Pauli
Pauli Murray was an architect of the civil-rights struggle—and the women’s movement. Why haven’t you heard of her?
by Kathryn Schulz