Portside

If floundering leaders and ineffectual democracies are the new norm, we’re in a very dangerous time.

New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.

Reviewer Briody calls this book "a tightly written and well-reported account of the rise of extremism in small-town America."

It’s worldwide

The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept rising. So why has the law been proclaimed a failure?

James Mangold’s biopic "A Complete Unknown" follows the rise of the era-defining star Bob Dylan with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure.

Don’t worry, the president-elect's plans to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal aren't serious. But they sure are weird.

Here’s what scientists know about consciousness in these unique creatures

Over the course of her campaign, with all the wrong people in her ear, Kamala Harris rejected the type of economic populism that could have salvaged last month’s elections.

"The biggest problem with regulated capitalism is that it is simply not sustainable in the long run," said the economist.