The d.j.s depicted in “Hate Radio” radiated this sort of charisma: the jaunty Kantano Habimana, wearing a natty suit and riffing about women and weed (played by the Rwandan comedian Diogène Ntarindwa, ...

Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was.

This year marks the hundred-and-seventy-fifth anniversary, or demisemiseptcentennial, of “Moby-Dick,” originally published in 1851. (Saving you the math.) Is it O.K. to have a “Moby-Dick” T-shirt for ...

An under-the-radar, Trump-approved deal could create a broadcasting behemoth that controls local news stations across more than forty states. Why do some MAGA diehards oppose it?

Donald Trump himself forecast the epic length of the State of the Union address that he planned to deliver to Congress on ...

The writer discusses a few of the works that influenced his new book, “A World Appears.” ...

Reviews of an Alec Wilder Columbia octet collection and “The Grandma Moses Suite,” Ralph Sutton’s Thomas Waller tribute, trios led by Norman Paris and Herman Chittison, and recordings by Mistinguett, ...

Scientists define the stages of life in biological, societal, and chronological terms—but none of them quite capture what ...

Under pressure from interrogators, a teen-ager helped send three of his friends to prison for murder. How could he ever make ...

Martini garnish: five letters.

This year’s leading Oscar contenders are invigorated by performers notable for their personalities and wider-world ...

His rise was connected to so many aspects of modern American life, from reality television and information technology to ...