Sociologist Jessica Calarco interviewed ten families. She found women working overtime to hold society together.

For decades, Kurzweil has been prophesying the unstoppable rise of AI and its eventual merging with human intelligence.

Richard Beck’s “Homeland” traces the far-reaching aftereffects of the attacks and tries to recover the events of the day, as they happened.

In “Colored Television,” identity politics is as much a playground as a battleground.

Despite its title, “Mourning a Breast” is not about grief—and, really, not even that much about breasts.

In “Creation Lake,” a brilliant secret agent delights in her infiltration of a niche world of ideas.

H.R. McMaster says Donald Trump wanted to “bomb the drugs” in Mexico.

Caroline Crampton’s new book studies the fuzzy boundaries between sickness and health.

The conservative movement’s total abandonment of even the appearance of principles has been decades in the making.

A flack’s new memoir touts his work for dictators and tycoons. But that’s only part of today’s misinformation industry.

“Pursuits of Happiness” teaches the art of rereading and reexamining our own thoughts.

The New College of Florida, which is run by DeSantis allies, just gutted its library.

“Parade” turns the novel upside down.

From David Duke to John Gotti, the 1990s transformed the right and laid the groundwork for Trump.

J.D. Vance wrote the foreword to “Dawn’s Early Light.” The rest of the book outlines an even more troubling vision.

There’s little evidence slouching is unhealthy. So why do Americans believe so firmly in sitting up straight?

In 2024, the U.S. faces some of the same challenges in the region that it did in 1954.

Fury not only drives the embittered wife at the heart of “Liars,” it influences the novel’s very form.

The uncertain process of Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 race showed how little power parties wield.

Donald Trump’s running mate praised a book riddled with conspiracy theories and calling to “crush” non-Republicans.