She had to be pushed to write her new memoir, “Book of Lives.” The result reveals the experiences (and a few slights) that have shaped her work.

U.S. national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard says America’s former strategy of “regime change or nation building” has ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Justice Amy Coney Barrett talked about her early life including school, her family, and experience with law. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy ...

Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” may be beautiful, but he lacks the fundamental richness that makes “American Prometheus” so ...

This article appears in the December 2025 print edition with the headline “Patti Smith’s Lifetime of Reinvention.” ...

Maps and charts show the challenges to President Trump’s strategy of blowing up alleged drug boats.

When you ask someone whether they have ever seen a ghost, you are asking them whether they believe in the inexplicable. Some ...

Patti Smith, the celebrated rock poet who won a National Book Award for ‘Just Kids,’ revisits her hard-scrabble childhood, ...

A coded passage in “Kryptos,” Jim Sanborn’s sculpture at CIA headquarters, has gone unsolved for decades. After he announced its auction, two researchers stumbled on the answer.

Captain America didn’t get a real chance in the cinematic world until Disney’s MCU hit theaters. Since then, the hero (in both his incarnations) has been at the forefront, fighting alongside the ...

New York Times reporter Kenneth Vogel speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about his new book, "Devils' Advocates: How Washington Lobbyists Get Rich Enabling Dictators, Oligarchs, and Arms Dealers." ...