Do benevolent autocracies get better results than democracies? I’ve pondered this question since last summer, when I heard highly educated…
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About 2,000 people have been rescued since Friday, and ships were dispatched to help boats carrying 1,200 more on Monday…
“Minor Notes, Volume 1” is the first book in a series meant to recover writers from deep pockets of American…
“Calling Ukraine,” a novel by Johannes Lichtman, combines an expatriate story and an office satire.
In his new memoir, “Irma,” Terry McDonell, a magazine editor during the golden age of magazines, gives credit to Mom…
One federal judge said the F.D.A.’s approval of the drug mifepristone was invalid, while another federal judge ordered the agency…
What books are on your night stand? “Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius,” by Nick Hornby. “Lincoln in…
The author of “Rent Boy” and “Do Everything in the Dark” reflects on a life of writing and art.
The election for a swing seat on the court is likely to determine whether abortion remains illegal in Wisconsin, as…
This month, an elementary school in St. Petersburg, Fla., stopped showing a 1998 Disney movie about Ruby Bridges, the 6-year-old…