An under-the-radar, Trump-approved deal could create a broadcasting behemoth that controls local news stations across more ...

From the daily newsletter: a science columnist on how everyday life changes when you start noticing things with a fresh perspective.

Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was.

A great fuss surrounds Emerald Fennell’s anachronistic adaptation, but Emily Brontë’s ruthless text will always have the last word.

Donald Trump himself forecast the epic length of the State of the Union address that he planned to deliver to Congress on ...

This year marks the hundred-and-seventy-fifth anniversary, or demisemiseptcentennial, of “Moby-Dick,” originally published in 1851. (Saving you the math.) Is it O.K. to have a “Moby-Dick” T-shirt for ...

The d.j.s depicted in “Hate Radio” radiated this sort of charisma: the jaunty Kantano Habimana, wearing a natty suit and riffing about women and weed (played by the Rwandan comedian Diogène Ntarindwa, ...

Under pressure from interrogators, a teen-ager helped send three of his friends to prison for murder. How could he ever make ...

Scientists define the stages of life in biological, societal, and chronological terms—but none of them quite capture what ...

This year’s leading Oscar contenders are invigorated by performers notable for their personalities and wider-world ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Against the Encroaching Grays,” by C. D. Wright, and his own poem “Almost ...

The writer discusses a few of the works that influenced his new book, “A World Appears.” ...