Ostensibly, the primary reason for a preëmptive war is Iran’s nuclear program, which, President Donald Trump says, menaces ...

Donald Trump plunged the U.S. into a potentially disastrous war with Iran with no clear rationale or exit plan. He’s now flailing for ways to mitigate its economic consequences, John Cassidy writes.

No, not next Saturday at Knockdown Center—it’s “The Wild Party,” Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe’s musicalization ...

Two years ago, the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s book about the dangers of social-media became a best-seller—and the subject of some critical eye-rolling. Now, for many, it’s become essential.

We won,” the President who’s treating the conflict with Iran like a video game says, but “we’re not finished yet.” ...

From the daily newsletter: the Administration can’t get its story straight on the Iran war, while an oil crisis threatens to upend the global economy.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton believed that she was a person of “superior intelligence and courage.” This fuelled her radical politics—and her eventual descent into bigotry.

Scientists want to redesign psychedelics so that they don’t induce a trip—but they still improve mental health.

When Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, the D.H.S. justified it by calling her a “domestic ...

Clare Barron’s “You Got Older” is a rare play about a good dad. Wallace Shawn’s “What We Did Before Our Moth Days” is ...

Russia’s President is profiting from rising oil prices, but he’s also facing a hard new reality: he’s no longer the lead ...

The Chinese Communist Party has embraced the study of Greek and Latin—as, in some ways, an antidote to the modern West.