Social equity programs were supposed to correct the disparities of the war on drugs as marijuana became legal. What went wrong?

Here’s what the president can do, now that major reforms are dead in the water in Congress.

No one understood political battle lines better than a Communist politician from Sardinia.

A passion for science made Wells famous. But he was driven by a longing for something more.

The attacks on CRT have terrified our educators. But the public school system has always made it hard to teach controversial subjects.

Her new novel “Pure Colour” investigates the eternal.

With the president’s poll numbers in the dumps, it’s time for him to remember his commuter-train roots.

Should academic freedom really protect those who make false and morally repellent claims? It’s time for a rethink.

The two men who made their fortunes in real estate sound remarkably alike.

What happened to Americans’ sense of community?

The United States is neither uniquely great nor uniquely evil. Understanding this reality is the chief prerequisite for changing the country for the better.

In Indianapolis, like many American cities, the long shadow of segregation continues to punish Black neighborhoods—to the disproportionate benefit of white landlords.

The father of game theory helped develop the atom bomb—and thought he could calculate when to use it.

Why did William F. Buckley campaign to free Edgar Smith?

The Hulu series portrays the Theranos CEO as a visionary outcast—just as she saw herself.

Putin alone is to blame for the war in Ukraine. Still, some opponents of NATO expansion were strikingly prescient.