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The Library of America gives Jimmy Breslin the treatment.

Pedro Arrupe, S.J., is well on the path to sainthood. So who was he? And why do people have such strong opinions about him?

A look at the writers who have covered the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the impact of their work. Learn about the experiences of Bernard-Henri Lévy, Vasily Grossman, Susan Sontag, Philip Caputo, and David Shields. Explore the different perspectives and insights they bring to the table.

Miguel Díaz takes the medieval mystic’s sexual metaphors for spirituality seriously—along with the lived experience of LGBTQ...

Supporters say they’ll write in her name rather than vote for Trump.

IT TOOK MARCEL DUCHAMP exactly one year, from Sonate (Sonata) in August 1911 to Mariée (Bride) in August 1912, to make his way through Cubism. He had been a rather…

The G.O.P. base adores him, and Haley ran the wrong kind of race in New Hampshire.

You can’t run against a candidate who is pure personality unless you have one of your own.

Because New Hampshire is giving no indication that she or anyone else can.

Who needs debates, anyway? Not front-runners.