Why do so many instances of terrorist violence involve drug use and abuse?

Freedom of speech, freedom to access and produce information, and a hyper-individualized sense of “self”—all symbols of the 20th-century struggle for human rights—have been turned on their head by savvy, repressive regimes.

Of course racism still exists in today’s America. But that doesn’t mean the emerging orthodoxy on racism is a healthy corrective.

The Trump presidency is testing the resilience of our democratic system. How are we holding up?

This is not your parents’ Left. And you’d better believe they’ll leave a mark.

This May marked the loss of four masterful men of letters—men with no obvious successors, whose careers would be all but impossible today.

We are clearly at the end of an era. Making or missing spurious military spending targets has nothing to do with it.

The parallels between the migrant crisis and Hurricane Katrina are worth thinking about.

When will Republicans stand up to Trump’s foreign policy blundering?

If Secretary Pompeo wants to get the State Department’s swagger back, he could start by reaffirming our commitment to human rights—especially to Vladimir Putin.