Director Malcolm Washington, star Erykah Badu, and more on how the film adaptation of August Wilson's play draws on blues, ...

Chad’s government is ending a defense cooperation agreement with France, its former colonial ruler, to redefine the nation’s sovereignty. Source: Africanews ...

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Lee entered our home like a quiet breeze, yet I felt her presence like a powerful force of nature. It was 1965, and I was just 3 years old, but I remember her arrival vividly. She carried with her a ...

It's hard to find new stories for children without deferring to the classics. That's why I rounded up the best new children's ...

Our country’s preoccupation with social over-sensitivity and political correctness has wiped out some of our best traditions.

On the podcast Song Exploder, a musician takes apart one of their songs and tells how it was made. Graham Nash talked about "Our House" from Crosby Stills Nash and Young's 1970 album Deja Vu.

Some sages have argued that the blind patriarch Isaac was actually never deceived by Jacob. That seems like an intellectual ...

When the homes were built on the swampy Dutch landscape, they were held up by underground wooden poles. Over time, the wood holding up some buildings began to rot, and that source of support began to ...

A new film adaptation of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” heads to Netflix. Wilson’s plays transformed my classroom.

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is President-elect Donald Trump’s new choice for attorney general. Attorney Marc ...