Donald Trump is dominating the buildup to the World Cup—but for all the wrong reasons.

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The flute-playing rapper became an icon of brand-friendly body positivity in the twenty-tens. Who is she now?

How to outshine people and animals and things.

The nation’s official advocate for children’s books says most of them are “crud.” But matters of literary quality don’t explain why kids aren’t reading.

The show’s creator, Jacob Tierney, on his sonic past and future.

In “Gerontocracy in America,” the historian Samuel Moyn argues that the central conflict of our era is between the young and the elderly.

Adam Pinney made his new movie for an estimated five hundred dollars, and cast his own wife and kids.

What to do this week, in New York City and beyond.

Violent unrest after a stabbing in Northern Ireland showed the extent to which the far right has taken hold in the U.K., as well as in Europe and the U.S.

Koe Wetzel, who broke out with a song about driving drunk to Taco Bell, reintroduces himself on a new album, “The Night Champion.”

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New Yorkers unite in hope.

The most visible spokesperson for the families of Israeli hostages in Gaza discusses her memoir, “When We See You Again,” and the unending pain of her son’s captivity and murder.

The podcaster discusses why investigative reporting in sports is still rare and whether fans even want it, and the problem with private equity investing in professional teams.

Iran has demonstrated its ability to hold out, sometimes for years, for what it wants, while the U.S., with its two- and four-year election cycles, has limited patience.

How this weekend’s U.F.C. cage fight might mask a Presidency in decline.

For Les Grenadiers and their fans, the game will be about the confrontation of a certain psychological displacement.

In Paul Graham’s book “A1: The Great North Road,” life along a major British thoroughfare reveals fissures in the nation’s identity.

The writer and artist’s 1972 installation “Terminal Piece” shows us the failure of language in the face of violence.