A W.N.B.A. Star Loves These Sneakers. She Gets Fined for Wearing Them.
When an upstart women’s shoe brand made a sponsorship deal with Courtney Williams, a Minnesota Lynx all-star, it put the hugely popular league in an awkward position.Read More
How TV Shows Like ‘The X-Files’ Trained Us to Be Conspiracy Theorists
Pop culture didn’t create the real-world mythologies roiling our politics, but it helped write the scripts.Read More
A Kite Surfer, Navy SEAL and Makeup Artist: Freed in a U.S.-Venezuela Swap
Over 260 people were released from prisons in El Salvador and Venezuela. Now they face the challenge of coming home.Read More
James Gunn Didn’t Want to Make ‘Superman.’ What Changed His Mind?
His hit reboot is meant to kick off years of new projects from the rebranded DC Studios. But for a long time, Gunn couldn’t figure out the character.Read More
An Ancient Law Could Shape the Modern Future of America’s Beaches. Here’s How.
The growing battle over how to manage sea level rise turns partly on a legal principle set down in Roman times.Read More
Superman’s Other Secret Weakness? Journalism Ethics.
Writing for The Daily Planet about his heroic alter ego raises thorny issues for Clark Kent. Lois Lane has her conflicts, too.Read More
How Superman Handles a Lois Lane Interview
James Gunn, the screenwriter and director of “Superman,” narrates a sequence featuring David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan.Read More
When Getting Fired Is Only the Beginning for Federal Workers
One thing is clear from a reporter’s conversations with laid-off federal workers this year: The cuts have been anything but straightforward and efficient.Read More
Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein
For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest.Read More
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hits Senior Care Work Force
Nursing homes and home care agencies have lost workers as the Trump administration has moved to end deportation protections for migrants with temporary legal status.Read More