Bari Weiss and other self-anointed defenders of free speech used the author’s stabbing to accuse the left of rhetorical excess—and ignored the very relevant scourge of book-banning by the American right.

Rushdie’s vision of desi identity, unrestrained by colonialism and above the fray of sectarian cant, should inspire us as he recovers from his wounds.

Salman Rushdie has spent decades campaigning for free speech. The attempt on his life came amid a crack down on freedom of expression around the world.

CJ Hauser’s essay on an ill-fated love went viral. But there’s more than one way to see the story.

Walter Russell Mead’s new book shows the United States’ relationship with Israel has always been self-involved and opportunistic.

Daisy Pitkin’s memoir “On the Line” documents acts of heroism and solidarity, as well as the grueling personal toll of a life in organizing.

53 million Americans are caregivers to a family member. How can an experience so common so often remain in the shadows?

Ada Calhoun set out to complete her father’s abandoned biography of the poet. She ended up with a reflection on living with art.

“The Great Experiment” flatters liberal readers that by expressing their distaste for cancel culture, they have become diverse democracy’s most gallant defenders. 

Craig McNamara’s family did not talk about the Vietnam war. He spent his life asking questions about it.

A survey of the world’s worst nuclear disasters highlights the catastrophic consequences of technical hubris.

Uncovering the resort where rich women sought the elusive right to divorce

Keith Gessen’s memoir, “Raising Raffi,” embraces the embarrassment and vulnerability of fatherhood.

Moshfegh’s fourth novel gets unusually creative with excrement and brutality. To what end?

James Kirchick’s “Secret City” focuses not on the public work of activists, but on the presence of gay men and lesbians within government—many of them conservatives.

Scientists have found toxic levels of the chemical at large. And some groups are making the case to produce even more.

Germany has never fully reckoned with the Nazi connections of some of its wealthiest families.

How much has to happen in a novel?

At a time of upheaval, we want to believe that better leaders have the power to change the course of history. But counterfactuals are never simple.

His book on global crisis is less interested in plausible solutions than projecting a sheen of authority.