Culture | Opinion

Critics may argue about specific factual details, but a new account of Trump’s ascent jibes with everything I saw with my own eyes.

By Tony Schwartz

Will the court resume or refrain from injecting itself into the country’s culture wars?

By Linda Greenhouse

Having grown up in an increasingly diverse America, I find Amy Wax’s resentments more pathetic than threatening.

By Zaid Jilani

To truly appreciate her novels, we have to stop imagining that they’re all about her, or about us.

By B.D. McClay

Spending a personal fortune to fund a passion project isn’t folly. It’s the ultimate kind of cinematic courage.

By Sam Wasson

You know something is wrong in America when beloved schoolteachers and librarians become the target of hate groups.

By Margaret Renkl

Gendered and racial narratives that have long stalked the interactions between white and Black women have come to dominate the talk about these two W.N.B.A. players.

By Esau McCaulley

Audiences saw a hit adaptation of the Japanese story “Shogun” back in 1980. But it was very different from today’s version, and America was different then, too.

By Matt Alt

The series is selling a fantasy. But straight women in their 60s and 70s say the dating scene is anything but rosy.

By Catherine Pearson

It’s seductive to think that superstars can sway elections. But we shouldn’t hope that celebrities will save us from the hard work of winning people over.

By B.D. McClay