The Many Lives of a Radical Founder
For Thomas Paine, it’s been a sometimes rough afterlife. A decade after his death in 1809 in New York City,...
Will Arnett, Laura Dern and Bradley Cooper: 3 Friends Walk Into a Comedy Club
There are two stories in “Is This Thing On?” the dramedy starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern, directed by Bradley...
A $100,000 Prize to a Group That Watches the Way We Are Watched
Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll find out about a Brooklyn nonprofit that won a $100,000 prize given by another...
Trump Signals He Will Meet Venezuela’s Machado After Offer of Her Nobel
President Trump indicated on Thursday evening that he will meet with María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, next week in...
On ‘The Rip,’ Netflix Makes an Exception for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
In “The Rip,” a movie making its debut on Netflix next Friday, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon lead an ensemble...
For 2hollis, Music Is a Family Business. So We Interviewed Him and His Dad.
For the past few years, the young singer, rapper and producer 2hollis has been one of the brightest spots in...
Denmark Doesn’t Deserve Trump’s Aggression
The original purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, according to its founding secretary general, Lord Hastings Ismay, was “to...
Think Punk Rockers Are Angry? Meet These Menopausal Women.
Ten years ago, when she was in her early 50s, the TV showrunner Sally Wainwright started experiencing brain fog and...
They Risked Everything to Help America. Now Trump Could Deport Them.
Many of the Afghan refugees who have entered the United States in recent years are heroic allies of this country....
How a Travel Writer Became Timothée Chalamet’s Ping-Pong Nemesis
“I’m guessing you don’t get angry very often,” the film director Josh Safdie was saying to me on Zoom, about...
The Theory That Gives Trump a Blank Check for Aggression
In an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN on Monday, President Trump’s aide Stephen Miller blithely articulated the outlook that...
The Sins of the Moderates
Over the holidays I read George Packer’s gripping and profound latest novel, “The Emergency.” It’s written in a manner akin...
A Fairy Tale Opera Trades the Moral for the Mysterious
The composer Matthias Pintscher was hiking in the Black Forest a few years ago, considering an offer to compose a...
A Financier’s Twist on Buying Influence: Bankrolling Ballot Measures
Some people collect coins. Some run marathons. A few spend tens of millions of dollars to influence politicians or political...
In Venezuela, Trump Revives ‘Gunboat Diplomacy.’ What Is It?
The U.S. operation to capture President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela was swift: In a matter of hours, helicopters carrying commandos,...
