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Author Montell analyzes the social science of cult influence and how leaders of cults use language to exercise power. Reviewer Gerber uses her own childhood cult experience as a window into this complex topic.

At universities and startups around the globe, researchers are searching for microbes that could be used as food.

One of the long-running show's biggest villains didn't earn her redemption.

Poet Sonia Sanchez asks the obvious question: man or beast?

Reviewer Steigmann-Gall considers what took so long for so many, including some left wing public intellectuals, to publicly acknowledge that Trumpism is fascism.

Jesse Armstrong continues being one of the best at making ice-cold comedy from an "eat the rich" mindset.

Economic concerns are starting to affect consumer spending, from snack consumption to travel plans.

Children’s content creator Ms Rachel is opposed to slaughtering children in Gaza and everywhere else. The Right’s attacks in response are reactionary wokeness run amok.

Poet and environmentalist Charles Finn imagines a regime that respects the world and all its creatures.

This book is a detailed history of an aspect of modern European history and the treaty that catalyzed that story.