Rejecting the term may be of little consequence, but rejecting the solidarity it implies can result in an inaccurate and unduly limiting world view.

Mary McCord, the legal director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law, discussed the legality of President Trump’s deployments and why law-enforcement officials should identify themselves.

For decades, a white woman’s memoir shaped our understanding of America’s first Black poet. Does a new book change the story?

Want cauliflower-crusted flatbread or a chia breakfast bowl (with, yes, cauliflower!) but don’t want to mask up and brave the market?

What is all the scrubbing, soaping, moisturizing, and deodorizing really doing for the body’s largest organ?

“Hamilton” song parodied by Lin-Manuel Miranda on “S.N.L.”: six letters.

Bubby’s craggy fried chicken, Café Kitsuné’s frilly ham and Gruyère on baguettes, Otaku Katsu’s sando set, and more blanket-ready fare.

McCarthy never sent a single “subversive” to jail, but, decades later, the spirit of his conspiracy-mongering endures.

When a Trump flotilla (or “Trumptilla”) swarmed into town, its organizers hoped it would “make liberals cry.” The more immediate effect was to freak out the Coast Guard.

“So, Mitsuko says, how long have you been sleeping with my son? Or is it casual? Not really, I say.”