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Whether crap or snow hits the fan, leaders deserve public scrutiny based on their preparation and execution of mission during difficult times. Opinions on performance are not swayed by public ...

Last fall, workers at the Kennedy Center slapped a coat of white paint over the gold-hued columns that connect its upper terrace to its plaza, apparently at the direction of the man who effectively ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. I can’t recall another time when my grown kids have called their mom the political journalist to talk about ...

I certainly understand why many wonderful people hate religion. I know intelligent and compassionate people who use the word “religion” as a synonym for superstition, hierarchy and every form of ...

Unruly Republic: A vast, monied network of activist groups keeps the public inflamed on issues including social justice, immigrant rights, Palestinian statehood, LGBTQ rights, and—as ever—climate ...

Back in 2012, an evolutionary anthropologist named Herman Pontzer published some baffling data from his time among the Hadza, a group of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania. Using a sophisticated technique ...

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Last night, my wife and I had a quiet evening watching Olympic highlights, including some incredible Michigan skaters. The quiet was quickly shattered by President Donald Trump’s announcement that he ...

Ms. Mukherjee is a clinical professor of law at Columbia and the director of the immigrants’ rights clinic there. The arrest and detention of Liam Conejo Ramos, the Minnesota 5-year-old in a blue ...

Whether you like it or not, gravel riding now has a professional side to it. That's reality, and not the argument of this article. There's no single definition of 'gravel pro', and the fact that it is ...

Mr. Shachtman is a former editor in chief of Rolling Stone. He writes frequently about culture and politics. The last time the Super Bowl was in Santa Clara, Calif., a decade ago, Coldplay headlined ...