These were the leading lights who helped forge a nation—though not all of them signed the Declaration of Independence.

A subjective appraisal of the job performance of Oval Office occupants—including the current one

From slavery to 9/11, the American experiment has been rocked by tragedies and injustices, some self-inflicted, others perpetrated upon us.

They never made it to the Oval Office, but these political figures’ legacies endure nonetheless.

Who merits inclusion on a progressive version of the monument? Our respondents weighed in.

Musk’s transformation into a hyperactive super-troll reveals essential features of his economic vision.

Samuel Moyn takes aim at senior citizens hoarding power and wealth. But most are just getting by.

Olivier Assayas’s The Wizard of the Kremlin is a study of the hedonism and cynicism of Putin’s inner circle.

Can soccer still unite people across borders, class, and cultures in an increasingly authoritarian world?

Long after the founding, many ordinary Americans saw the Revolution as ongoing—an unfinished fight for freedom and equality.

Fearful of being labeled antisemitic, the University of Pennsylvania has acquiesced to the demands of a punitive Trump administration and vindictive donors—and it’s chilling speech both inside and outside the classroom.

As the president explodes the nuclear energy regulatory landscape, hungry startups like Valar Atomics are racing to build new reactors as quickly as possible. But speed comes at what cost?

The appeal of marriage is waning in an age of supercharged misogyny.

His recent tirades confirmed what more than half of America now believes: The president is mentally unfit. How will we survive two and a half more years of this? And what’s he got in store for us?

Why is America’s leading advocate for gambling addicts now pushing betting bills?

A series of lawsuits allege that women are being coerced into having abortions by friends, ex-partners, or others who are close to them. But the accused are rarely the real abusers in these stories.

In Yesteryear, an influencer wakes up in the nineteenth century to find it’s nothing like Instagram.

At a time when much TV recycles familiar formulas, the Apple TV series feels like something new.