What made her so interested in cold-blooded, apparently motiveless killers?

David Graeber and David Wengrow’s new history of humanity looks for the origins of authoritarianism and freedom.

In a true government-to-government relationship, the United States would properly consult with tribal nations—and, crucially, tribes could reject America’s plans. Can we ever get there?

The fact that politicians and institutions now prefer the word over “equality” is a warning sign.

A TNR readers’ poll

Conservative intellectuals’ plans to erode liberal democracy are just getting started.

We know how to help young children cope with the trauma of Covid-19. The question is whether we’ll do it.

We’ve heard repeatedly from the country’s vaccine resisters. But what about the people who follow the rules? They’re ignored and forgotten—and they are in pain.

How much evidence of climate change will the right dismiss?

Set at an upscale midcentury magazine, the new movie is an ode to print and a slice of escapism.

His new book refuses to recognize that the court is political.

A basic income experiment in the state should teach national Democrats a lesson as they weigh a permanent Child Tax Credit.

The perils of turning the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade into a political symbol

For years, his work has been marked by his creeping fear that the world is in need of an urgent intervention—and why not from him?

Bjorn Lomborg’s acceptance of global warming but denial of its consequences has earned him a regular gig in The Wall Street Journal.

Federal drug policy needs a major overhaul, but Rahul Gupta has a record of making harmful compromises.