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The Counterargument: Why Texas Should Tread Carefully on Veterinary Telehealth
Unsplash+ A recent Observer article makes the case for expanding veterinary telemedicine in Texas, but many of its interpretations of the data and legal context may not capture the...
Channeling the Primordial Pulse of Nature: An Interview With Artist Thalita Hamaoui
Thalita Hamaoui, Nascer da terra, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery Thalita Hamaoui’s paintings are at once fantastical, primordial landscapes and holistic visions of nature’s generative...
‘Natural’ Means Nothing: The Revolt Against Greenwashing in Wine
Jesse Katz walks the vineyard rows at Farrow Ranch, where regenerative practices meet generational thinking. Rachid Dahnoun Most winemakers boast about terroir. Jesse Katz has built an empire by...
Grammarly Co-Founder Max Lytvyn Maps A.I. Future After Raising $1B: Interview
Max Lytvyn, co-founder of Grammarly, speaking at Web Summit Vancouver 2025 on May 29. Vaughn Ridley/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Getty Images Grammarly launched 16 years ago as a...
The New Corporate Status Symbol: Inner Peace
The new leadership look: serene, self-aware and quietly unraveling under fluorescent lights. Unsplash+ Regardless of status, background, or what we do for a living, we all share a straightforward...
The Silent Ceiling: How Reputation Shapes Power for Diverse Leaders
For underrepresented leaders, reputation isn’t just perception—it’s strategy. Knowing how to be seen, and by whom, is part of the climb. Unsplash+ Reputations are complex, easy to lose and...
Wes Anderson Explains the Genesis of ‘The Phoenician Scheme’
Mathieu Amalric, Wes Anderson, Mia Threapleton and Benicio Del Toro on the set of The Phoenician Scheme. Roger Do Minh/Courtesy of TPS Productions/Focus Features The Cannes Film Festival has...
Why Tesla Stock Is Soaring Even As Its Core Business Slumps
Elon Musk recently promised to spend more time running Tesla. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Tesla’s electric vehicle business is slowing fast. In the first three months of 2025, its revenue...
‘Three! Seven! Ace!’: The Met Goes All in On ‘Queen of Spades’
Arsen Soghomonyan and Sonya Yoncheva as Hermann and Lisa. Ken Howard/MetOpera When details of star soprano Anna Netrebko’s lawsuit against the Metropolitan Opera surfaced, one of the projects planned...
Where to Sip Natural Wine in Los Angeles
Over the last decade, the natural wine movement has gained major traction as consumers continue to shift toward a more organic way of living, eating and drinking. To put...
One Fine Show: ‘Leigh Bowery!’ at Tate Modern
Fergus Greer, Leigh Bowery Session 1 Look 2 (1988). Photo: © Fergus Greer, courtesy Michael Hoppen Gallery Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition...
Returns Are the New Revenue: Why Smart Retailers Are Betting on the Boomerang
A growing number of retailers are retooling their supply chains to handle returns with surgical precision—transforming warehouses and reverse logistics into engines of value. Unsplash+ For a long time,...