We know why they were built and why they have to come down.

A new book examines the tension between Elon Musk’s personality and the business of making cars. But what if there is none?

Spencer Ackerman’s new book argues that the forever wars created the conditions for Trump’s rise.

The economist Emily Oster’s “Expecting Better” made parenting less daunting. Her new book, “The Family Firm,” does the opposite.

How public interest groups inadvertently aided the right’s ascendency

Do we give the activist groups of the 1960s more credit than they deserve?

David Lowery’s movie, starring Dev Patel, cleverly unfolds the public consequences of private indiscretions.

“Enemies of the State” and “United States v. Reality Winner” explore profound questions of secrecy, whistleblowing, and justice.

Populism is the villain of Jan-Werner Müller’s new book. But a revitalized democracy needs to engage the people.

Both coffee and opium come from plants. Why embrace one and not the other?

The Apple TV series’ debut season provided simple comfort during dark times in 2020. But the honeymoon is over for the second season.

In her rivetingly funny letters, the author of “The Lottery” transformed the stuff of daily life into magic.

The great discoveries of the age captivated his imagination. He almost always misunderstood them.

The new LeBron James–Looney Tunes crossover movie isn’t just bad. It’s a harbinger of worse to come.

Narrated by an interpreter for a war criminal at the Hague, Kitamura’s new novel weighs connection and disconnection.

Morgan Neville’s new documentary offers glimpses of a Bourdain we’ve never seen before—and captures the toll his work took on him.

The creator of James Bond had an unremarkable career in intelligence and considered his own books “piffle.”

Legal pundits have failed to pinpoint the greatest problems with the former attorney general.

From “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” to “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” what do bestselling guides to self-improvement reveal about the United States?

Helen Scales’s fascinating book about life in the deepest parts of the ocean carries a powerful warning.