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Scott Johnson's murder case became synonymous with a movement to redress anti-gay violence in Australia. But the evidence that led to a man's conviction has never been made public.

The jeweller turned reverend says he'll rescue the world from destruction. Even Jane Goodall was on board. It's a busy time in the universal-scale-peace business--is he up to the task?

"When Soto went crosstown I couldn't / believe it, the traitor, the bat in front of / that sculpture Judge."

Listen to yourself--you're like a big hate machine!

Congress wrote statutes with the apparent assumption that whoever held the office of the Presidency would use the powers they granted in good faith.

Not long before my lunch with the author, an editor had told me in passing that she was bored of books about motherhood.

Acocella doesn't plead for her subject, or condemn her. She reads Simone de Beauvoir's work and life in light of each other, and the results illuminate our understanding of both.

The director's new films--about Lorenz Hart and Jean-Luc Godard--form a kind of diptych, but the contrasts are as important as the similarities.

Also: Doechii's star turn, Agosto Machado's collaged worlds, Jafar Panahi's new drama, and more.

The composer and playwright just received the coveted grant. On a visit to the Hayden Planetarium--which includes a video narrated by Pedro Pascal--she considers the cosmic collisions that got her here.