Alex Barron

Black voters may be key to who wins the Democratic nomination—and the general election. Will any of the white front-runners get the turnout they need?

The political commentator’s new book tries to answer the most pressing political question of the day.

Richard Brody shares his favorite films from what he calls “a year of unbelievably audacious filmmaking.”

Previous Administrations had considered the Iranian military commander too dangerous to touch. Is the U.S. prepared for war with Iran?

Where does hyper-partisanship come from? And what does it look like up close and personal? A reporter visits the bellwether state of North Carolina.

Every year, countless poor spellers accidentally address their Santa letters to Satan. Satan—played by Kathleen Turner—always replies.

The author of “Watergate: A Novel” and other historical fictions looks at the Nixon hearings as a complicated precedent for the current impeachment process.

A pastor wants evangelical Christian voters to break from decades of support for conservatives, and he’s coaching Democratic candidates on how to win those voters over.

A heist story that sounds like a technological thriller—except that it happened this year, to a hapless executive in London. And it could happen to you. 

The only thing scarier than a hidden killer, a ghost, a homicidal drifter, or a haunted doll is all four at the same time.

Blumhouse Productions is spearheading a new crop of horror films with political and social import, like Jordan Peele’s “Get Out.”

“Hi there. This is Eric. In a few words, tell me how I can help you today. You can speak your responses just like we’re both human.” 

The filmmaker is known for gritty dramas, many set in the outer boroughs of New York City. When he sent Brad Pitt into space, some of his admirers were worried.

The staff writer talks about the joys of watching David Attenborough under the influence. 

The New Yorker staff writer says that she owes her writing career to the Internet. Can she prevent it from destroying her?

Federer, who is possibly the greatest men’s tennis player of all time, gets ready to play in his nineteenth U.S. Open. He tells David Remnick it won’t be his last.

The U.S. tortured Mohamedou Salahi and kept him at Guantánamo Bay for fifteen years. He’s no Al Qaeda mastermind, but, even today, he’s virtually a prisoner. Why won’t we let him go?

A début novelist who is already a famous YouTuber, Kuritzkes wrote a fictional memoir of a pop star struggling to understand the real world.

The actress, singer, and comedian gives a brief—really brief—tour of wins and losses in the fight for queer rights.

The late poet was unusually direct in her appreciation of nature and her spirituality, traits that made her one of the most beloved poets of our time.