admin Drake Would Like to Settle the Score
Kelefa Sanneh writes about Drake’s return to the limelight, after feuding with Kendrick Lamar, with three newly released albums—“Iceman,” “Habibti,”…
Mary Todd Lincoln Has Long Been Derided. Is Her Reputation Salvageable?
Thomas Mallon reviews a new biography of Mary Todd Lincoln, “An Inconvenient Widow,” by Lois Romano.
Rostam Batmanglij Wanders to the Edges of American Sound
The former Vampire Weekend musician, who has a new solo album, “American Stories,” likes to push our idea of what…
“The Audacity” Is a Brutal Silicon Valley Satire with an Agenda
Inkoo Kang reviews the AMC dramedy, which familiarly skewers tech bros while focussing on oft-overlooked elements of the world they’ve…
Boots Riley, Marx Brother
Boots Riley’s zany movies, such as “Sorry to Bother You,” combine pop aesthetics with radical politics. Can he make his…
The Fate of Twenty-one Los Angeles Siblings
Nearly two dozen kids were found at risk of abuse and neglect. Will their parents be held accountable? Ava Kofman…
The Art of the Ceasefire
How President Trump’s approach to the war in Iran is turning endless conflict, interrupted by fleeting pauses, into the status…
Will Donald Trump Be Allowed to Destroy His Records?
Ruth Marcus on Donald Trump’s challenge to the Presidential Records Act of 1978.
Keir Starmer Won’t Survive This
Sam Knight on the recent U.K. election that had disastrous results for the Labour Party, which lost out to Reform…
The Pageantry and Flattery of Donald Trump’s Visit to China
Evan Osnos on President Donald Trump’s state visit to China, where he and the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, held talks…