The HBO show’s second season feels bleaker and is harder on its characters.

The new miniseries casts Roger Ailes and Fox News as all-powerful architects of political disaster. The truth is more complicated.

How Donald Trump and his allies have drained the stigma from society's worst transgressions.

The author of Hiroshima showed the world the realities of American power.

The women in her new novel confront abuse and grapple with faith.

Suketu Mehta’s new book reckons with the colonialism and exploitation that have uprooted so many people.

His books keep pushing the same technocratic fixes. But today’s most pressing questions cannot be depoliticized.

The new remake of a World War II epic falls victim to the conventions of prestige TV.

Two decades after Rudy Giuliani tried to rid New York City of graffiti, the art form is flourishing—with unexpected consequences.

The author’s latest book “Outrages” has been postponed. But she was once essential reading.

In an environment thick with conspiracy, we thrill to stories of truth versus evil. But at what cost?

A new book about the medieval holy wars exposes a crisis in the field of history.

Jared Diamond struggles to understand a connected world.

Andrew Johnson’s opponents discovered the difficulties of removing a president.

It could help improve public health and reduce climate change. But questions remain about the highly processed food—and some producers' coziness with the "real meat" industry.

A novelist reckons with the disappearance of his country.

Why the HBO show’s visions of chaos and order endure

Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut is a success—if you take it on its own terms.