The most satisfying—and most frustrating—features of HBO’s hit show are the future of TV.

What would it mean to treat other living creatures fairly?

“The Philosophy of Modern Song” was never going to offer a systematic analysis of great music.

He fell from favor after the disaster of the Iraq War. But he was always biding his time.

The ad urged viewers to look past their differences. Meanwhile, the group behind it is rolling back nondiscrimination protections.

America’s housing crisis has reached unfathomable proportions. But new construction isn’t enough to solve it.

The Premier League needs to punish its most successful team if it wants to save itself from disrepute.

Unlike accounts that focus on the travails of European settlers, Pekka Hämäläinen’s new book tells a 10,000-year story of Native cultures, politics, and resistance.

From Stanford to Silicon Valley, a small town in California spread tech’s gospel of data and control.

The English Premier League transformed itself into the predatory “Super League” that fans thought they had defeated.

Is “Infinity Pool” too Cronenbergian?

The popular YouTuber released a new video giving 1,000 blind people cataract surgery to restore their vision. Access to life-changing procedures like this shouldn’t be dependent on the goodwill of others.

Militia groups have long used Waco as a rallying cry. But it was never the example of whiteness under siege that they invoke.

Derek Guy, @dieworkwear, doesn’t know why he’s suddenly on so many people’s timelines. But he would like to talk to you about how to dress well and sustainably.

The argument that corporations have historically been a force for good—and can be again—is wishful thinking.

The former longtime editor of The Nation, who died on Monday, opened up unimaginable worlds to countless journalists like me.

A new book traces Chekhov’s relentless work as both a doctor and a master of the short story.

The novelist China Miéville aims to show that Marx’s words remain just as vital as when they were first hastily composed.

His poetry was a bridge from feeling to fact, sense to senselessness, and from the possible to the impossible.