In keeping with the rich tradition of religious ambiguity, Pope Francis made a provocative and vague statement directed at Donald Trump that dominated headlines Thursday. News outlets, primarily broadcasters, ran with the most sensational interpretation, which played into...

Who would play you in a movie? It’s the kind of question that might come up among reporters aiming above their station (or laughingly taking each other down). But for former war correspondent Kim Barker, the answer may...

Antonin Scalia’s passing over the weekend was just the second death of a sitting Supreme Court justice since 1954. What’s more, it comes during a presidential election year, a fact that is invigorating judicial activists and propelling both...

In some ways, it's surprising Donald Trump took so long to call one of his political opponents a pussy. He was repeating the words of a supporter, to be fair. But in a campaign whose success in attracting...

Jon Caramanica has an ear for physicality. The New York Times pop music critic is known for his inventiveness when describing the texture of vocals and instrumentals in many genres, and that’s best exhibited when he reviews hip-hop and...

A volatile market, plunging tech stocks, and fears of a looming recession (or at least, a major correction) are sending jolts through the media world. Last week Bloomberg reported that in December The Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund...

The recent controversy at Mount St. Mary’s University is just the latest reminder—if one were needed—that student journalists in many places remain vulnerable to threats of interference and censorship. But a movement to change that is seeing some...

Tracy Clayton’s laughter is magnificently contagious. Clayton is the host of BuzzFeed’s Another Round podcast, during which she and co-host Heben Nigatu laugh and drink their way through an hour of camaraderie, interviews, and commentary, touching on a...

Tracy Clayton’s laughter is magnificently contagious. Clayton is the host of BuzzFeed’s Another Round podcast, during which she and co-host Heben Nigatu laugh and drink their way through an hour of camaraderie, interviews, and commentary, touching on a...

A federal judge—fed up with constant State Department delays—ordered another batch of Hillary Clinton last week, which meant we yet again got to find out how many of the dozens of new emails were held back because they’re classified....

A.O. Scott’s new book asserts that criticism is a “fundamentally democratic undertaking.” That’s a surprisingly populist sentiment coming from one of the two chief film critics at The New York Times. Criticism is surely no longer an oligarchy,...

In August 2014, eight months into South Sudan’s still-raging conflict, some aid worker friends started telling me to get to Bentiu. That the tens of thousands of civilians crowded into the United Nations base on the town’s outskirts...