Todd Haynes took the story of a tabloid scandal and made it something much stranger.

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Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt explained “How Democracies Die.” Then they decided to look even deeper.

His incoherent attacks on critical race theory are only one part of a much larger plan for counterrevolution.

Kristoffer Borgli’s surreal comedy probes the benefits and horrors of instant fame.

The new FX show captures fear and confinement better than any on-the-nose pandemic drama.

The Chicago school ruled supreme over economics—until recently.

“The Young Man” is more than the story of an affair. It’s an intense re-examination of the past.

How the gun became a cultural icon—and unmade America

In a new biography, the Velvet Underground front man embodies a New York that exists only in memory.

The leading choreographer kept art and politics remarkably separate until the invasion of his home country.

Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix show is an exhausting mashup. Even worse, it’s not scary.

The demonstrations of the last decade were vast and explosive—and surprisingly ineffective.

How Sam Bankman-Fried and other unscrupulous CEOs managed to swindle so many people

Sohrab Ahmari makes the case against big business. But how convincing is his commitment to help workers?

Apple’s horror series loses sight of the drama and grief at its center.

After years of being mistaken for one another, Klein tried to find out why Wolf went down the conspiracy rabbit hole—and why so many people have followed her.

In the Hulu show, everyone is struggling to get by in a hostile city.

The study of poverty has flourished in recent decades. Why haven’t the lives of the poor improved?

A new history that omits men makes some unfortunate assumptions about women.