Caleb Bailey | Historic North Carolina community prays for new purpose—and revenue
Jenny Rough | One man’s mission to restore patent rights to inventors
Chiara Lamberti | In Italy, having children is increasingly countercultural
BOOKS | Novel contemplates virtue in a world of treachery
BOOKS | The adventures of a curmudgeonly professor
BOOKS | Popular book may perpetuate “Side B” errors
BOOKS | Jinger Duggar Vuolo finds the path out of fear
On grief, anxiety, and finding one’s fit
CHILDREN’S BOOKS | Reviewing four new stories for pre-teens
MOVIE | Portokalos family follow-up fails to recapture magic of the original
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
MOVIE | A safari through the troubled and goofy lives of junior high girls
MOVIE | A Hispanic immigrant pursues NASA dreams with the help of a tenacious marriage
MOVIES | Top films for the weekend of Sept. 1-3
TELEVISION | Long-awaited Star Wars installment relies on a detailed backstory casual viewers won’t know
MUSIC | Sinéad O’Connor’s private life overshadowed her music
MUSIC | Four new albums reviewed
SPORTS | Minor league baseball has spent the season testing an automated system to call balls and strikes
EDUCATION | Families looking for flexible education options turn to “microschooling”
BUSINESS | Rising retail theft cuts ever deeper into bottom lines
LAW | College wins bid to cover controversial murals
