Alex Abramovich A writer and professor of journalism at New York University.

This was supposed to be the year when autonomous agents took over everyday tasks. The tech industry overpromised and ...

Proven methods for teaching the readers who struggle most have been known for decades. Why do we often fail to use them?

Listen: Bon Iver’s “SABLE, fABLE” is one of the year’s top albums—a collection of songs about devastation, self-acceptance, ...

Cartoonists are often asked which of their New Yorker cartoons are their favorites. Mine are those that come with stories ...

Oh, I won’t ask for much this Christmas, mainly because “asking” suggests that you’re doing me a favor, when, in actuality, I ...

Many analysts are predicting an election-year upturn, but they aren’t accounting for the President’s ability to cause more ...

Free-speech norms and powerful tech companies make legal restrictions unlikely—but social changes are already taking place.

The 1995 classic became as much a sociological phenomenon as an artistic one—but its designation as a “chick flick” belies ...

If economic and technological transformations have changed our relationship with literature before, they could do so again.

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

Jim Jarmusch’s three-part drama, set in New Jersey, Dublin, and Paris, casts such notables as Adam Driver and Cate Blanchett ...