His muddled defense of liberalism comes with a heavy dose of disdain for the left.

How the turn toward “precision” combat promoted endless war

The Netflix show with Sandra Oh captures an existential crisis.

The characters in Sally Rooney’s “Beautiful World, Where Are You” want you to know they considered alternatives to capitalism.

We ascribe too much meaning to the early years of the republic.

How the cataclysms of the past loomed over Sebald’s life and haunted his fiction

Spencer Ackerman’s new book argues that the forever wars created the conditions for Trump’s rise.

How public interest groups inadvertently aided the right’s ascendency

Do we give the activist groups of the 1960s more credit than they deserve?

It’s easy to hate the internet. Patricia Lockwood is the rare writer who delights in its chaos.

Hollywood rarely lets women have fun—and get away with it.

Why do game studios keep imploding?

In an unequal economy, even some of the winners are unhappy.

Juneteenth is an opportunity to recover the possibilities of history

In her fiction, she questioned every social and sexual arrangement.

Andreas Malm’s “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” urges activists to turn to tougher tactics.

Rosa Brooks wanted to fix law enforcement. She decided to become a police officer.

Zakiya Dalila Harris’s psychological thriller grapples with ambition and inequality in the workplace.

Luke Holland’s film “Final Account” makes a study of evasion, denial, and self-justification among living participants in Hitler’s Third Reich.

What happens when online investigators and detectives-for-hire take on intelligence work?