Editor Pick: Culture and Society

Texas's reforms, including diversion programs for low-level drug offenders, increased attention to rehabilitation and work readiness, and other “second chance” measures, reduced recidivism and the incarceration rate. The federal Justice Department should take notice.

Rather than rehashing what's wrong with 'Chess,' I'll describe why it's still possible to enjoy the Gallery Players' production. The music is perhaps the most advanced artistic evolution of glossy '80s pop. And while I'm sure there are some curmudgeons out there who weren't fans of ABBA's sunny sound, Andersson and Ulvaeus were brilliant songwriters, master craftsmen not only of shiny dance tunes but also of lovely songs of love and loss.

The Congress people grilling Zuckerberg at times seemed like groupies, while others were like pit bulls with no teeth.

If your career has you in a rut and you can't leave, you owe it to yourself to pull yourself out of the hole and to do it for yourself. Your loved ones will thank you for it.

While policy changes and a move away from for-profit prison systems will go a long way in aligning America’s prisons with those of more progressive countries, education remains a key driver in preventing citizens from going to jail in the first place, in becoming more attractive prospects for hire, and in reducing recidivism.

Eurythmy produces a performing experience unlike many others; it lures you in to new shores, perhaps a bit like the song of the sirens once captured Odysseus.

Despite the obvious problems with social media, I like it anyway.

There’s no easy fix for this busy-bragging epidemic, but we call all take steps on our own to make the problem better.

The SXSW Conference includes much more than music and movies. Its Convergence Festival includes government. At SXSW 2018 Authoritarian Playbook session, three highly experienced speakers discussed the common indicators that suggest a country is moving toward authoritarianism.

In this long but engrossing play set in a mental health clinic, Rabe outlines each character's distinctive battleground, where counselors defend and encourage them against their tendencies to self-harm.