Adapted from a bestseller, “Daisy Jones” was premium intellectual property. The show never had to be good, just marketable.

A conversation with Zadie Smith about her new play, “The Wife of Willesden,” adapting Chaucer, her early influences, and making art in a pandemic

How conservatives made him their icon and distorted his ideas

Our current system defines health as the ability to work. Those who can’t are abandoned and exploited.

Was the nineteenth-century Midwest “the most advanced democratic society that the world had seen”?

Generation Z is struggling. Is it because they’re too “fragile,” as some pundits claim, or because universities are increasingly acting like human resources departments?

The rise of “Lean In”–style feminism—and the women who fought for a better alternative

The most satisfying—and most frustrating—features of HBO’s hit show are the future of TV.

What would it mean to treat other living creatures fairly?

“The Philosophy of Modern Song” was never going to offer a systematic analysis of great music.

He fell from favor after the disaster of the Iraq War. But he was always biding his time.

The ad urged viewers to look past their differences. Meanwhile, the group behind it is rolling back nondiscrimination protections.

America’s housing crisis has reached unfathomable proportions. But new construction isn’t enough to solve it.

The Premier League needs to punish its most successful team if it wants to save itself from disrepute.

Unlike accounts that focus on the travails of European settlers, Pekka Hämäläinen’s new book tells a 10,000-year story of Native cultures, politics, and resistance.

From Stanford to Silicon Valley, a small town in California spread tech’s gospel of data and control.

The English Premier League transformed itself into the predatory “Super League” that fans thought they had defeated.

Is “Infinity Pool” too Cronenbergian?

The popular YouTuber released a new video giving 1,000 blind people cataract surgery to restore their vision. Access to life-changing procedures like this shouldn’t be dependent on the goodwill of others.