Two new films about the life of Christine Chubbuck grapple with a newscaster’s final sign-off.

The Republican war on democracy just got more ingenious—and nastier.

On television, marriage enters the twenty-first century.

Reports from the frontiers of sexual experimentation.

Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg is speaking out—and what it means for the battles ahead.

Notes toward a theory of Nell Zink.

What Marx means in a world that has made peace with capitalism.

Can Jonathan Safran Foer write fiction about anything but himself?

How “The Get Down” and “Atlanta” break down hip-hop’s past and future.

Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich crafts myths, not histories.

Why are rappers like Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, and Kendrick Lamar finding religion?

Cuban science-fiction redefines the future in the ruins of a socialist utopia.

How perpetual ignorance shapes the never-ending war on terror.

In his new documentary, the director turns his attention to the wonders of the internet.

Slave narratives have always been popular—and predictable. Can a new generation rewrite the rules?

Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon had a dynamic, mysterious hero in Jason Bourne, but returning to him after ten years proves a tiresome exercise.

What men got wrong about the economy.

Did an illicit love affair give birth to the Great American Novel?

A photojournalist looks behind Asmara's fading Art Deco façade.

How factory revolts inspired a new form of the novel.