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.

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

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

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 ...

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

The nation’s official motto, “In God we trust,” has appeared on coins since the Civil War. The Pledge of Allegiance promises ...

This thought occurred to me last August, as the director and playwright Mark Rosenblatt and I hightailed it from a restaurant ...