A soldier sits in a sterile hospital room, speaking words of hard-earned wisdom as his eyes betray flickers of melancholy and regret. It’s a scene out of a movie, only this is no ordinary actor, ...

Inside View: Ignore the haters pushing a revisionist history, and recognize the American experiment for the success that it is. Donald Trump’s supporters are feeling satisfaction after two astonishing ...

Imagine the impact of climate change is irreversible, and decades of flooding, famine, pandemics and war have upended life on earth. That world is explored in Ian McEwan's new novel, “What We Can Know ...

Massachusetts House Speaker Ron Mariano briefs reporters on his chamber's $62 billion fiscal 2026 budget plan on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Aaron Michlewitz looks ...

This is the first installment of a new column by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. It appears in our current print issue; subscribe to get a copy. In 1962, eminent philosopher Bertrand Russell received a series of ...

Over the course of his career, Ian McEwan has become known for a variety of memorable set pieces: events, random or spectacular or apparently banal, that seem to crystallize, or catalyze, his ...

In our fiercely tribal and divisive culture, when consensus is illusory and we can’t seem to agree on even the most fundamental facts, the notion of shared history as a societal precept has left the ...

For years, Ian McEwan was nominated for the Booker Prize so often that the judges kept him on speed dial. But then there came a moment — say around 2016 — when he published “Nutshell,” about a ...

With dystopian fiction a firm fixture in our literary landscape, it’s easy to imagine future English syllabi that include, from this decade alone, works by Ali Smith, Paul Lynch, and Stephen Markley.

North Carolina state lawmakers didn’t take any votes at their scheduled work session Tuesday. The veto overrides that were on the House calendar for Tuesday will be rescheduled for September. No ...

The technological singularity — the point at which artificial general intelligence surpasses human intelligence — is coming. But will it usher in humanity's salvation, or lead to its downfall? When ...

On Wednesday, Mayor Eric Adams rejected the City Council’s rejection of a key land use approval for a casino bid in the Bronx. Will the City Council reject the mayor’s rejection of their rejection?