Culture and Society

A legislative session’s final days can be unpredictable, and the revised First Step Act still has some hardline opponents. But with more states, including some generally conservative ones, adopting their own sentencing reform bills, it looks increasingly likely Congress may do something similar for federal crimes in 2018.

Seeing Stoppard's play about scientific arguments over the brain and consciousness, we marvel at how he threads scenes and characterizations into a lovely fabric of hope.

Despite all the naysayers and attempts to prove Santa Claus doesn’t exist, I have proof that he does indeed live and breathe.

The "tru-ish" story of what happened when a meticulous fact-checker challenged a poignant essay about a teen's suicide at a Las Vegas resort.

The classic Henry James ghost story meets high technology.

UK actor Jonathan Holmes provided insights about working on 'Anything Goes' as the Captain and revisited his experiences in 'The BFG.'

Richard Masur stars as an old man bowed with tragedy who strikes up a friendship with the troubled little girl next door. In the process both reveal the raw tenderness of their respective lives.

Every holiday season the New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show holds lustrous wonders for children and adults alike. This year's show runs until January 21, 2019.

Overall, while Facebook has dozens of messes to clean up and has suffered a massive blow to its reputation, its viability as a company remains—and it’s unlikely to lose users or market share in the near future.

Interview with Ed Muzio author of 'Iterate: Run a Fast, Flexible, Focused Management Team' and the importance of iteration to any business' success.