EditorialStella Schwartz, a high-school sophomore, takes on her brother, Hugh, a high-school senior who began playing on Chess.com earlier this year, at their home in San Francisco, April 22, 2023. (Anastasiia Sapon/The New York Times)
EditorialFiguring out the root cause of our lack of inspiration can help us make better choices in how we spend our time, experts say. (Delcan & Co./The New York Times)
EditorialBen Demchak uses a magnet and line to fish for metal objects in the Tennessee River in Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 14, 2022. (Doug Strickland/The New York Times)
EditorialA playground in Voronezh, a city often regarded as the epitome of provincial boredom in Russian popular culture, Sept. 1, 2021. (Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times)
EditorialJames Letizia, a video editor and fledging standup comedian who complained about the boredom of jury service on his podcast, in New York, Feb. 9, 2021. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialCindy Richter and her daughter, Scout Kasak, pick up baked goods on May 3, 2020, from The Bernal Bakery, a project started by Ryan Stagg and Daniella Banchero from their home in the Bernal Heights section of San Francisco. (Cayce Clifford/The New York Times)
EditorialA socially distanced poetry reading and sing-along in the Bernal Heights section of San Francisco, on May 1, 2020. (Cayce Clifford/The New York Times)