Gal Beckerman

As France bans cigarettes in most public places, it stands to lose a strong cultural signifier.

Reformed, the latest TV show featuring a charming rabbi, stands out for leavening existential depth with comedy.

Two recent flare-ups over commencement speeches show how difficult—and necessary—truly defending free expression is.

In a new novel, Daniel Kehlmann considers why the director G. W. Pabst worked with the Nazis.

The president is not the first American leader to disregard the role of morality in foreign policy, but he’s taking things much further than anyone has before.

A newly reissued book documents the dreams of Germans living under the Nazis, charting totalitarianism’s power over the subconscious.

Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes represents a dangerous shift in values: from inquiry to reverence.

The illustrator dredged the depths of his own subconscious—and tapped into something collectively screwy in America.

Demonstrations have gotten smaller and more dispersed in Trump’s second term. Is that a bad thing?

Andrew Cuomo is resurgent, and Rahm Emanuel is considering a presidential run. Are these the tough guys Democrats need?

Discussing "Dream Count," her first novel in 12 years, the Nigerian author shares her thoughts on masculinity, political chaos, and the future of fiction.

What the world saw at the White House on Friday was not just a realignment of America’s foreign policy, but a clash of two incompatible styles.

"No Other Land," about the destruction of a West Bank community, offers a glimmer of hope in the bond between an Israeli and a Palestinian.

Trump seeks to emulate JFK’s Camelot. But bending American culture to his will might not be as easy as he thinks.

How to embrace hopeful pessimism in a moment of despair

Whether renaming the “Gulf of America” or issuing edicts on gender, Trump is enforcing his own brand of political correctness.

The filmmaker’s COVID-era L.A. forecasts found the eerie in the everyday.

Betty Shamieh’s debut novel is a rebellious rom-com.

The Teutonic overthinker’s latest documentary reveals more about his strange mind than the brain writ large.

Reassessing the infamous “malaise” speech