In today’s newsletter, the ritualistic sights and scenes at Pope Francis’s funeral. Plus: I watched the funeral for Pope ...

Jeff Bark’s elaborately composed scenes channel sundered American fantasies. They also function as personal folklore.

In Dea Kulumbegashvili’s film, Ia Sukhitashvili plays a Georgian obstetrician who views a woman’s right to choose as an ...

As the transatlantic alliance falters, a major exhibition of U.S. photography offers Europeans a dizzying array of ...

From the daily newsletter: what happens when we can optimize pregnancy. Plus: Susan B. Glasser on Trump’s confused desires.

How U.S. military lawyers see Israel’s invasion of Gaza—and the public’s reaction to it—as a dress rehearsal for a potential ...

Paul Clement complained that Big Law was becoming “increasingly woke.” Now he’s defending one firm’s right to do just that.

It makes sense that a man who yearns for a reality untroubled by other humans would be drawn to art that is untouched by anything human.

Also: reviews of Broadway’s “Smash” and “John Proctor Is the Villain”; New York’s financial crisis of 1975 in “Drop Dead City ...

As Tesla’s profits drop, a group called Everyone Hates Elon is going viral for plastering London with fake advertisements for ...

The university’s $53.2-billion endowment has positioned it to resist the bullying tactics of an increasingly authoritarian ...

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