From Ellis Island to Mars, this year's best movies took us far away.

First-time directors shone this year.

Xenophobic rhetoric overwhelmed meaningful action to address the reasons migrants are on the move in record numbers.

As his world began to crumble, the FIFA president rode a wave of delusion to an eventual eight-year ban from the sport.

With $100 billion in revenue in sight, Amazon’s terrifying logistical takeover of the world may soon be complete.

The voice, the passion, and the body language of the Democratic candidate were impossible to ignore.

Across the country, student protesters joined the fight for racial progress.

From dadbod to manicures, a catalog of subjects we briefly cared about in 2015.

The triumph, anger, grief, and the last-minute confessions that stood out on television this year.

The 114th Congress convened with a record number of women this year, but sexism ​toward congresswomen and candidates ​was still rampant.

In 2015, Pope Francis generated exactly the culture of dialogue he wanted: all-inclusive and yet notably Catholic.

They dominated film, television, and literature—and there's no end to the hold they have on the entertainment industry.

Even Republicans are getting in on the act. But the issue's reach is still limited by age-old political realities.

A guide to books the critics loved and hated in equal measure.