If economic and technological transformations have changed our relationship with literature before, they could do so again.

“They hated it,” producer Lee Mendelson recalled in a 2003 interview with the Archive of American Television. “The two top ...

Ken Burns’s latest PBS series is long on muskets and bayonets, but the history of the American Revolution remains strangely understated.

Poetically, Tolkien’s long struggle to realize his vision — the self-doubt that led to long pauses in composition, his frustrations with publishers and his general inability to be satisfied enough ...

A sailor’s long-running fight over a San Francisco Bay island could resolve a Clean Water Act question the US Supreme Court has yet to answer—whether tidal channels and adjacent wetlands qualify as ...

Honest people look at el Ahmed’s act of heroism and wonder what they would have done.

Moab may be a destination known for extreme sports, but the natural wonders on its doorstep make it an ideal setting for ...

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

Prince George helped serve food at a Christmas party for The Passage, a charity that works to help the unhoused ...

South Korea’s PhD fast track cannot create globally competitive AI talent in a dysfunctional academic ecosystem.

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act prompted a sea change in securities class actions that reshaped the plaintiff’s ...

From barren deserts to frozen tundra, the world's longest highways span entire continents, bridging cities, nations, and ...