A generation of postwar cultural figures celebrates a lost inheritance—and searches for new inheritors.

Animating 'The Suicides' is the central question of all of Antonio Di Benedetto’s work: Are we damned to begin with?

Paula Fredriksen’s 'Ancient Christianities' looks to explore the tangled root system underlying Christianity—not a story of a series of individual men, but of broad social movements.

The complex, sometimes romanticized, but ultimately prophetic Catholic peace movement has critical lessons to teach today's America amid a genocidal war in Gaza.

A new exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art brings viewers on a whirlwind tour of Jack Whitten's wide-ranging art career.

Erik Baker’s history of the entrepreneurial work ethic explores the unholy union between American psychology and American business.

As federal funding for scientific research declines, the shift to the private sector may spark innovation—but it also risks basic research slipping into the world of industrial secrets.

Donald Trump’s authoritarian assault on the country has drawn different responses from Democrats. For his part, Bernie Sanders has taken to the road on his "Fighting Oligarchy Tour."

The natural-birth movement intends to reclaim childbirth from the predominantly male medical establishment, but its aversion to medical interventions can endanger women's lives.

The astronomical growth of sports gambling in the United States is a threat to young people, especially young men.

The landscapes of Caspar David Friedrich combine the noble, the splendid, and the terrifying.

Unhappy is the land that needs a hero. But much unhappier is the land that needs heroes and doesn't get them.

We are collectively failing to notice what is happening in plain view: a full-scale authoritarian takeover of the federal government.

How did we end up with more than 75 million Americans willing to vote for a return to protectionism?

In Burma and Thailand, humble faith-based organizations respond to a humanitarian crisis borne of civil war, a devastating earthquake, and Trump's foreign-assistance cuts.

We are less afraid of nuclear power than we should be.