Many jobs are pointless. Others are being automated away. In the future, who will still work for a paycheck?

Thomas Page McBee's "Amateur" journeys to the center of the boxing ring.

How William Cooper envisioned a web entangling global capitalism, the government, and UFOs, and incubated the politics of conspiracy

A new exhibition of Yugoslav architecture at MoMA is a refreshing antidote to the online world's obsession with minimalism.

How a frothy new Netflix movie reinvigorates the high-school rom-com genre

How to argue with a Koch brother

Philip Dray’s book traces a fraught history from the colonial era to today’s debates over gun rights and conservation.

Artists head to the desert to build a utopia. But does their work hold up in the real world?

Not since the Tea Party wave in 2009 has America seen such widespread grassroots activism.

What a pair of scandals says about a movement that is now being accused of hypocrisy

Why so many commentators share an overly grim view of America’s fate

Julie Schumacher's "The Shakespeare Requirement" is a playful, sharp satire of the horrors of modern academia.

Adam Tooze’s new book traces today’s political breakdowns to the 2008 crash.

How the show’s new season skewers the book world

A new book traces the history of orca hunters and how Americans turned against them.

In each episode of Netflix's "I Am A Killer," a man on death row describes his crime. But for what purpose?

The venerable museum has "given back" some stolen Iraqi antiquities, but that does not mean it's ready to atone for its colonial-era sins.