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The head of the New York Civil Liberties Union doesn't only lead the fight against injustice. She can also make you a great pottery bowl.

Short reviews of recent releases.

In the Swiss Alps, a plan to tidy up Romansh--spoken by less than one per cent of the country--set off a decades-long quarrel over identity, belonging, and the sound of authenticity.

Maybe the Justice Department should try a Word Search puzzle and a Connect the Dots.

During the Trump era, political violence has become an increasingly urgent problem. Elected officials from both parties are struggling to respond.

A new biography details the secrets and scandals of the Mitfords, a notorious family of aristocrats--and of the one sister who broke away from the rest.

Mahmood Mamdani, Zohran's father, just published his twelfth book. The subject? Dictators.

Matthew Broderick and André De Shields have both undertaken Molière's con-man character. They feel he has a few things in common with a certain orange President.

The German poet's dauntingly eclectic accomplishments were founded on a tireless interrogation of how a life should be lived.

Is the race to create ever more lavish spectator offerings in America's largest venues changing the fan experience?