Can an environmentalist avoid political movements and the big, structural solutions they offer?

In her new novel “Motherhood,” Sheila Heti reflects on fate, agency, and time.

How neoliberalism shapes the global economy and limits the power of democracies.

Militant suffragettes’ most important tactic was to turn women’s bodies—supposedly passive, pliant, and protected—into a battleground. 

Industrialization, a new book argues, depended on gun-making. But from the start manufacturers refused any responsibility for gun violence.

An interview with Michael Kimmel, whose new book, "Healing From Hate," focuses on men who have left their extremist pasts behind

A new book recovers the work of scholars who helped establish greater understanding between religions.

Through years of setbacks and discouragement, Kael insisted that movies should be free from stereotypes, unpretentious, and fun.

An interview with Ben Fritz, whose “The Big Picture” explores the way the franchise model and streaming services have disrupted the film industry.

Three new books reveal the tangled ethics of the artisanal life.

In Lynne Tillman’s new novel, an ethnographer studies the New Man, raised in the 90s among feminists, and examines himself.

How birth-control leaders found allies in American religious groups

Elisabeth Asbrink’s new book looks for lessons both in counterfactuals and in post-war history.

What Dave Eggers misses in his story of a Yemeni-American man’s rise

After decades of plant closures and anti-union politics, why does heavy industry symbolize prosperity?

His new novel, "The Sparsholt Affair," affirms the novelist as a master chronicler of England past and present.

The 200-year legal struggle that led to Citizens United and gave corporations the rights of people

From Benjamin Franklin to Quora, how advice has shaped Americans’ behavior and expectations of the world.

The U.S. tried to foment an anti-communist Buddhist bloc in Southeast Asia—with deadly consequences for the region’s politics today.