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

I was born in India and raised in Canada. I didn't think Apu was a problem until now.

A new show of French garden art at the Met explores the politics of verdant leisure spaces.

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

Tensions between two generations of feminists animate Meg Wolitzer’s novel.

Life at Rancho Rajneesh was not what she expected

Farewell to a charlatan and false guru.

The Share-A-Home program was the beginning of the end

Rajneesh favored the wealthy, so the wealthy favored him.

An ex-disciple describes Rajneesh brainwashing methods.

Outside the limits of the human imagination.

Rajneesh's dirty work was usually left to women.

Rajneesh’s far-flung empire is more material than spiritual.

The town's desperate bid to disincorporate ends in failure

The real aim of Rajneesh’s anti-Semitism may be mind control.

The cult city's demise is inevitable.

The arming of the cult raises the specter of Jonestown

Orwell understood the limits of mind control

The Rajneesh cult’s wealth depends upon cheap labor.