Amherst's "Common Language Guide" set off a conservative media firestorm, pitting free speech against equality.

The director discusses his new film about wrongful conviction and the death penalty—and why audiences sometimes hold "issue" movies to a higher standard.

Natasha Lennard's new book of essays offers tools for fighting fascism at home and in the street.

Author Casey Cep discusses her new book about Harper Lee's unfinished manuscript detailing the alleged crimes of an Alabama preacher and the man who shot him.

It's time to shift the social contract of education away from short-term job training toward long-term development. And free college has to be part of that shift.

There's bipartisan consensus on curbing "surprise medical bills," but the American health-care system's flaws run much deeper.

It's important to not nominate a sure loser, but, historically, "electability" arguments have been used to discourage women and minorities from running.

Gen Z is remixing and repurposing old spiritual practices to maintain a sense of community.

They grew up with phones in their hands—and learned early not to blindly trust the Internet.

The solution is not to turn off our phones; it's to develop social, economic, and political structures that address deeper issues of social disconnection and overwork.

If our generation looked more closely at religious communities—inclusive, loving ones—we might be surprised by the care that we'd find there, no strings attached.

Millennials may be proving that coming to marriage later, with less rigid roles, is enabling the sort of marriages that Boomers idealized—and too often failed to create.

With access to seemingly unlimited social archives, young people still understand nostalgia. It might just be a bit different from their parents' version.

Many are no longer passing on the old sacred teachings, but they are imparting a new one: that everyone has not just a right but a duty to choose their own worldview.

The trend toward non-religiousness in this generation is probably here to stay. The upsides include increasing levels of tolerance.

Digital platforms don't define Gen Z—but young people's use of technology is helping them create new communities.

An excerpt from Carson Vaughan's Zoo Nebraska.

What would it look like if a small group of billionaires took unilateral climate action through solar radiation management?

Many Americans don't realize that breaking a law can sometimes be legally, as well as morally, permissible.

The body-positivity activist discusses her forthcoming book for teens—and her plans to revolutionize the idea of fat camp.

Ilja Nieuwland's new book is the story of how fossils and their replicas become tools of capitalism, power, and privilege.

Malaka Gharib discusses her debut graphic memoir and explains how she's navigated white-dominated spaces—as a teenager, and as an adult.

Young artists are finding creative ways to carve a space in Portland's lively—if fractious and often ignored—hip-hop scene.

Progressives often debate whether universal or targeted policies are best suited to create a more equal society. Warren's college plan brilliantly combines them both.