A new documentary cuts through the myths about the Argentinian soccer star.

The only thing we know for sure is that the Swedish Academy won’t have Philip Roth to kick around anymore.

To convey the catastrophe of climate change, Amitav Ghosh had to break with realism.

When Trump tweets about "civil war," he's echoing books about race wars and nationalist coups that a violent fringe has long cherished.

Why veneration of Oliver Wendell Holmes is in decline

How can they be so wrong, so often, and yet still exert so much influence on government policy?

In his new book, a Diné poet challenges the perception of a Native community.

Tech was meant to help us transcend our most intractable problems. What went wrong?

Ryan Murphy’s show about a super-elite high-school election could have made brilliant, cultish television.

A new book explores the tangled politics behind a global addiction.

The rich fund museums to launder their reputations. Museums exploit identity politics to distract from the shady money funding them. In the art world, it’s all just business as usual.

Dave Chappelle, Shane Gillis, and other alleged victims would rather scold their critics than come up with fresh material.

In a subtle new work of autofiction, Ben Lerner takes on Trumpism.

The problem with enjoying a seductive drama about Silvio Berlusconi.

The new documentary about his life and circle is a study in complicity.

How a fiction writer transformed the NSA whistleblower into a tragic hero

“The Water Dancer” comes out of a powerful examination of the legacies of slavery today.

Colonizers once tried to erase indigenous culture. Now they exploit it.

In a warming world, fights over water usage have become ideological battles.

The great tension in Sontag’s life lay in her enduring desire for reinvention.