One scholar’s quest for a modern equivalent to the General Will

How a 170-year-old magazine has struggled to uphold liberal capitalism

The conservative blowhard has transformed from a Never Trumper to a Ukraine conspiracist.

“A Hidden Life” is a strangely simplistic movie about good and evil.

The former New York mayor is trying to spend his way to the White House.

Matt Gaetz has all the cocksure swagger of a reality television contestant.

The Netflix show’s third season is a wonder of restraint.

Why Margaret Atwood’s sequel lacks the power of "The Handmaid’s Tale"

How a relentless speedup is reshaping the working class

Teenage activists like Greta Thunberg are uncomfortable reminders that the grown-ups have failed the next generation.

Noah Baumbach’s latest film portrays both sides of a messy divorce, for once.

Confronting the ugly legacy of military prostitution in South Korea

The reality show’s new season requires complete immersion.

How today’s focus on “racial disparity” can distort our understanding of structural inequality

After a mountaintop was flattened by coal mining, politicians pushed to build a prison there. Then the community got organized.

Why Meghan Daum, Bret Easton Ellis, and Wesley Yang reject social justice movements on the left

By constantly tallying candidates' fundraising hauls, journalists perpetuate a misleading narrative about how elections are won.