From the daily newsletter: a conversation about drugs, God, and science. Plus: the new official language of the U.S.; “Salome ...

In the musicalization of “Real Women Have Curves”—a 1990 play that was adapted into a hit 2002 film—the women at an East L.A.

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Dozens of religious leaders experienced magic mushrooms in a university study. Many are now evangelists for psychedelics.

The Lede Reporting and commentary on what you need to know today. Today, hundreds of languages are spoken in the United ...

For decades, an obsessive duo of guitar guys has been amassing a definitive collection. The art these objects created changed ...

When we’re in a scene together, I’m just watching you in awe.” Susie Essman: “How lucky we are to be in the presence of such ...

It had to be fought for against intense internal resistance, broke every rule of television programming at the time, and ...

Hemedti cashed in on his newfound leverage with the Emiratis. In Darfur, he seized Jabal Amer, a mountain with rich seams of ...

The experimental folk musician and a music historian wander around SoHo in search of long-lost friends and neighbors.

Some toy ideas for kids lamenting their new two-doll allowance, including Dusty the Dust Bowl, Potato Princess, and more.

“Valley of Forgetting,” “The Lost Orchid,” “The Director,” and “Happiness Forever.” ...