Matthew Shaer

Magazine

He never expected to be a children’s book writer.

After decades of declining fatality rates, dangerous driving has surged again.

Maybe because we aren’t thinking about it in the right way.

A Master Storyteller, at the End of Her Story (Published 2024)

He knew that tragedy comes for us all.

Mabel Landry Staton was one of the first Black, female long-jumpers in the history of the Olympics.

After his son was repeatedly attacked, Rick Kuehner reached out to his suburban school, to the police and to other parents. The violence only got worse.

Is There Life After Smartphones?

The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.