Can the city of New York sell groceries more cheaply than the private sector? The mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani thinks so.

Great ratings and brand recognition weren’t enough to save the long-running franchise.

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As the Jeffrey Epstein case shows, right-wing internet personalities prefer “just asking questions” to getting answers.

At a perilous American moment, the Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains why he wanted to read The Turner Diaries.

To fend off illiberalism from the White House, the university’s president also has to confront illiberalism on campus.

In April, Meta proudly rolled out a Llama 4 model that Zuckerberg called a “beast”—but after an experimental version of the ...

A strong central government in Damascus appeals to Trump but not to his allies in Israel. Once again, images of horrifying ...

The clearest argument for cane sugar over corn syrup is taste. “You’ll see. It’s just better!” Trump said on Truth Social.

Church intervention in electoral races is an efficient polarization machine.

Congressional Republicans keep wringing their hands over the White House’s legislative priorities … and then voting for them.