Not long ago, taking political stands almost seemed to become part of the job. These days, in another moment of social crisis, expectations have shifted.

Lixo nos Canais” was about television—my own take on Brazilian television at the time. Not very sophisticated, but it had some acid. It was kind of sarcastic about the state of television and how it ...

Podcast: The Writer’s Voice Listen to Molly Aitken read “This Is How It Happens.” You sit beside Ma on the floor, clutching a mug of tea. You won’t drink it. The milk is off—you could tell when she ...

For decades, ICE and Border Patrol have operated with fewer constraints than typical law-enforcement agencies.

In a wry Profile of the British-born art dealer Joseph Duveen, Behrman captures the workings of a canny commercial intelligence wreathed in connoisseurship and charm.

Liam Ramos, whose photo became a symbol of Operation Metro Surge, is one of several students in Columbia Heights who are now ...

California’s governor has been touted as the Democrats’ best shot in 2028. But first he’ll need to convince voters that he’s not just a slick establishment politician.

I find that reality strangely terrifying, if not quite as terrifying as some of the Sundance movies I’ve watched at the Egyptian. This is where I cowered in my seat at a midnight screening of ...

Congress has justifiably been criticized for rolling over to the President. But how it actually uses its leverage involves ...

Anchored by Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling’s superb performances, the British director Harry Lighton’s feature début brightens the bleak novel it’s based on.

Also: the dream-pop of Hatchie, Elevator Repair Service tackles “Ulysses,” the theatre-district pub Haswell Green, and more.

Still, the fancy persists, implanted like a microchip, ever since Erich von Däniken’s 1968 best-seller, “Chariots of the Gods ...