What Benedict Anderson’s classic account of nationalism’s origins misses about today’s world.

Why have attacks on gender expression proven such a powerful tool for authoritarians?

The new FX series is not an attempt to make a “new” Game of Thrones or a “new” Mad Men or even a “new” Shōgun.

Larry David crafted a show about mortifying social encounters that somehow left us feeling comforted. 

When a vaunted writer goes missing in the forest, her translators search for her—and for the meaning of their craft.

Dan Reed’s documentary “The Truth vs. Alex Jones” on HBO shows a man obsessed with selling branded health and virility treatments.

From praise for Hitler and Mussolini to friendships with Putin and Orbán, open adoration for authoritarians is a defining feature of the American right.

Labor unions are more popular than most elected officials. A labor journalist explains how they can build political power.

The new Netflix show faithfully adapts Liu Cixin’s bestselling novels but lacks imagination.

Has tech plunged culture into an era devoid of originality and surprise?

Former evangelicals are growing in number. But are they a movement?

Adelle Waldman’s “Help Wanted” makes the case for retail warehouse work as a subject worthy of serious fiction.

The night saw a jarring dissonance between political statement and glitzy showmanship.

The author of “Erasure” and “James” has spent his career running rings around his readers.

Her new book, “Reading Genesis,” treats the Bible like a perfectly plotted historical novel.

Naomi Watts, Chloë Sevigny, Diane Lane, Calista Flockhart, and Demi Moore are the six best reasons to watch Ryan Murphy’s new show.

“The Wretched of the Earth” is perhaps best read today not as a playbook for revolt but as a conflicted reflection on it.

His new book, Smoke and Ashes, traces the ravages of British opium on India from the eighteenth century to the present.

John Washington has spent years reporting on the U.S.-Mexico border. In a new book, he makes the case for its abolition.

Matthew Lassiter’s history plays out in ranch houses, high school parking lots, and courtrooms from Shaker Heights to Westchester to Orange County.