Walter Shapiro’s journalism was bighearted, clear-eyed, and guided by a deep reverence for the whole operating-level panorama of American democracy.

A reporter who was cutting without being snarky, and sincere without being corny, my late friend pulled off a balancing act for 50 years that made him one of the great political journalists of our time.

Shows like “All in the Family” sparked discussion and showed deep faith in the American project.

All of the death and misery he left in his wake was a mere by-product of his single-minded pursuit of elite power.

The Czech author, who died this week at 94, warned against the marginalization of literature and fought for its future.

He takes his place with Melville, Faulkner, and Twain in the pantheon.

In magisterial books and sharp essays—many of them for The New Republic—Steel, who died recently at 92, became one of the most vital foreign policy voices of his age.

Lynette Hardaway, also known as Diamond in the MAGA duo “Diamond and Silk,” has died.

The former presidential candidate had an admirable knack for breaking inane political taboos.

The former Republican leader played a key role in the Americans With Disabilities Act but stuck with the GOP as the party turned its back on the law.

Out of the trauma of war, Wolfe found redemption in Catholicism and his voice in futuristic, philosophical novels.

Remembering Keith Flint and the techno-apocalyptic aesthetic that dominated pop culture at the turn of the millennium.

The renowned literary editor and writer, who has died at 101, lived a long and glorious life of the mind.

His greatest achievement was the brilliant criticism he provoked from women.

The feminist intellectual died on Wednesday at 82. Her unapologetic utopianism offers lessons for all of us.

The poet died this week at 90.

The writer focused his talent on illuminating those the country left behind.

A new documentary examines the strange lives of the journalists who man the death-desk at the paper of record.