Gal Beckerman is a senior editor at The Atlantic. He is the author, most recently, of The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas. Alice Munro’s death was an occasion to praise her ...

Novelists are an opinionated lot. They often say things, write essays, and sign petitions reflecting political positions that many of their biggest fans might not like. One of the best things about ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Sickness, like love and grief, is a universal part of the human condition—but it also ...

Americans considering using their votes to punish Kamala Harris over her support of Israel should not forget “what they stand to lose” in the long term if Donald Trump were to take over foreign policy ...

At the end of World War II nearly three million Jews were trapped inside the Soviet Union. They were unwanted by the repressive Stalinist state, but forbidden to leave. Those who tried were followed ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Campaign Desk’s Gal Beckerman earlier asked the following question about how the press would today process ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. This week, Lily Meyer offered readers a beautiful ode to Judith Jones, the legendary ...

Gal Beckerman: It's wonderful when kids gain an interest in a cause that impassions them and gets them excited, and if that comes from social media or something they are seeing online, that's great.

For American students such as myself, 1985 was a good year to be in Leningrad. The Soviet Union was in an odd moment of transition. Some people still wouldn't talk to strangers on the street, while ...

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