MARCH 5. 2026
A new history of satire wants to limit the genre to its political ramifications, but satirists are often interested in the whole person and their capacity for vice.
Progressives may have lost the battle for racial affirmative action, but ironically, Supreme Court decisions should allow colleges to give advantage to groups defined by their income, geography, or heritage.
The Israeli writer S. Yizhar’s 1949 novella Khirbet Khizeh portrays the violent reality of the Nakba. For decades it was part of the canon of Hebrew literature. That has changed.
The diary of the sixteenth-century physician Felix Platter is without precedent in early modern literature.
The Leiden Collection—one of the largest private collections of Dutch art in the world—was conceived as a “lending library for Old Masters, ” animated by the humanist spirit found in Rembrandt’s paintings.
When Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013 and promised to find inventive ways to make journalism profitable in the digital age, he seemed like a godsend. He wasn’t.
In David Greig’s novel The Book of I, a monk, a Viking, and a ‘mead wife’ navigate a world torn between paganism and Christianity.
When an angel in a recently restored Roman chapel was seen to resemble Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, it touched off a very Italian scandal.
The representatives of our two-party system have made it into a weapon that works against the people.
Andrew Ross Sorkin’s history of the 1929 stock market crash reminds us that financial bubbles are inevitable—and that another one may be about to pop.
To the Editors: This is a response to “The Anti-Trans Playbook, ” published by Paisley Currah in The New York Review of Books on December 18, 2025. Currah
When scientists recently analyzed hundreds of studies of ecosystems, they were surprised to see a marked slowing in the rate of species turnover. If new species don’t replace old ones, they say, ecosystems may have less flexibility to respond to habitat loss and climate change.
Immigration authorities in Minnesota have identified legal observers by name and address, and in some cases showed up at their homes.
Beijing won’t risk its broader Middle East interests to save the Islamic Republic.
ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their debts, among other things.
It’s not just sardines and dried beans. Self-identified preppers are also stashing luxuries like coffee and chocolate.
A $2.4 billion upgrade to Caltrain is shaving time off trips, boosting ridership, and reducing riders’ exposure to toxic diesel pollution.
Hungary’s populist prime minister is in a fight for his political life—and acting like it.
Carbon capture project greenwashes waste incinerator expansion.