Clement Attlee was a much better politician, and a much more learned man, than popular memory gives him credit for.
Yes, Citizen Kane is great, but that’s not the half of it. The more Orson Welles was forced to improvise and budget down, the better he got.
How the history of atheism in America illuminates the country’s religious, and irreligious, future.
Two television dramas about the advertising business—one recent and the other from the 1980s—show us how much American society has changed.
David Simon’s under-appreciated Show Me a Hero offers hope that racial divides can be mended, and past injustices overcome.
Wei Te-Sheng’s films illuminate Asia’s under-appreciated success story.
Two new books give us revisionist accounts of the histories of the Holy Roman and Austrian Empires.
The Met is back with a stylish, modern Tristan und Isolde.
How technology and market forces are transforming animal-based industries for the better.
The New York City Opera returns from bankruptcy with a triumphant double-bill.
President Trump now has the option to levy import tariffs on solar panels that caused “serious injury” to U.S. producers.
The policy that set in motion a fierce culture war over young people, sex, and the meaning of consent is no more.
Trump’s simultaneous confrontation of Pyongyang and Tehran could have unintended consequences.
Interest in cap and trade has waxed—not waned—after Trump’s decision to pull out of Paris.
The EU is walking a fine line as it uneasily backs Spain’s clampdown on Catalan separatists.
On the heels of news that Berlin will fall short of an emissions target, a new study says Germany will miss a renewable energy consumption goal.
