Donald Trump reportedly demanded “what the f**k is wrong” with Elon Musk.

Conservatives might be tempted to hold up Reagan as representative of a nobler era. They’d be wrong.

For all of its faults and weaknesses, no serious competitor has emerged to capture people’s imagination or seriously challenge it.

Why do Americans idealize people who found businesses?

Jon Savage’s “The Secret Public” traces the influence of queer artists on a hostile culture.

Five years since the pandemic began, the ravages it exposed persist.

The Nobel laureate’s new novel “We Do Not Part” grapples with an atrocity and the difficulties of bearing witness.

Her new book tells the story of Black people through an exploration of the color blue.

“Bibliophobia” is the story of an all-consuming, sometimes destructive passion for books and reading.

In the philosopher’s world, provocation and controversy are inseparable from the examined life.

Jonathan Haidt once heralded an “ultrasocial” world. Now he’s one of social media’s most prominent critics.

How scholars achieved some of the most consequential intelligence victories of the twentieth century

Efforts to stop the spread of infectious disease have always suffered from a cycle of panic and neglect. Vaccine skepticism in the new administration brings even greater challenges.

The new millennium promised a more peaceful, more stable, and more prosperous world. What happened?

If Strout was once a master at portraying quiet lives in a big way, she now relies on easy plays for emotional connection and tidy resolution.

At the heart of “Our Evenings” is the recognition that Britain had something beautiful once and threw it all away.

Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett each had a different vision of reproductive freedom. Would reproductive rights be more secure if Dennett’s had prevailed?

Emmanuel Carrère chronicled the trial of the perpetrators of the November 2015 attacks on Paris. It makes a sharp contrast with the United States’ efforts at Guantanamo.

Lili Anolik’s new book sets the two writers up as rivals. But they were never in competition.

The Cinta Larga people were sitting on a wealth of diamonds. They didn’t turn to mining until they saw devastation all around them.