As he looks back on a life in ideas, he is able to see the flaws in his system. But he cannot take seriously the type of politics that might address them.

The risks of cognitive and emotional dependence, along with falling test scores, are fueling a backlash.

The restrictions were released just over a week before the school year and come amid a national backlash against the use of artificial intelligence.

From making music to launching a huge literacy program, the singer always took her work seriously. Eventually, the rest of us caught up.

From making music to launching a huge literacy program, the singer always took her work seriously. Eventually, the rest of us caught up.

Hundreds of novelists, librarians, editors and other book lovers voted. See how their ballots stack up.

Musk’s transformation into a hyperactive super-troll reveals essential features of his economic vision.

I wasn’t getting the bang for my buck in my red-state redoubt. But if I hadn’t moved, I might never have found out how good it could get.

The acclaimed historian, who died at the age of 92 this week, spent decades at the center of a debate about the founding of the United States.

The urban professionals who transformed American cities and tastes and pulled the Democratic Party to the right are a dying breed.

Marjane Satrapi’s inimitable art encompassed revolution and war, education and ideology, repression and rebellion.

Hu Anyan’s I Deliver Parcels in Beijing is a record of fleeting impressions, irritations, and reflections from the edges of exhaustion.

The Washington Monthly announces the 2026 Kukula Award finalists, honoring excellence in nonfiction book reviewing.

In John Carney’s movies, music connects people where conversation cannot. But in his latest, it opens a wound.

They don’t check facts. How will they check hallucinations?

There may be a day again when TV executives have the backbone to support a show like Colbert’s. But The Late Show will be gone.

In “Yesteryear,” an influencer wakes up in the nineteenth century to find it’s nothing like Instagram.

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

A new bill introduced by Senators Adam Schiff and Mike Rounds would award grants to the National Science Foundation—which has endured massive funding cuts under the Trump Administration for science re...