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.

What Saddam Hussein’s romance novels and Kim Jong-il’s film criticism reveal about authoritarianism.

Agnes Poirier’s history of wartime Paris reads as an erudite and deeply satisfying gossip column.

Why does Steven Pinker insist that human life is on the up?

The essays in “The Rub of Time” defend careful thought and use of language.

His novels “Crash” and “Super-Cannes” depict a world of tech-enhanced luxury and crushing malaise.

For centuries, doctors dismissed the suffering of female patients. After years of illness, author Abby Norman decided to fight back.

As a British royal wedding approaches, a new biography of the Duchess of Windsor shows a life of fury and prejudice.

The writer talks about his new book, “Conspiracy,” an in-depth look at the Hulk Hogan lawsuit that brought down the gossip website.

Ahmed Saadawi’s brilliant novel imagines a monster, pieced together from the dead of Iraq's civil war.

The tradition of conspiracy theories and hate groups behind the alt-right

The protagonist of Akwaeke Emezi's autofiction is a font of different voices, some of whom hail from the spirit world.

The generational shift that made tech companies a cultural and political force