The Spokane Jewish Film Festival also features two online screenings. “Vishniac” is available to screen Sunday through ...

A former Stanford University history professor who saw Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous "I Have a Dream" speech and later published the slain civil rights leader's papers at the request of ...

This much anticipated novel comes from the mind of Pulitzer-Prize and National Book Award finalist, Laila Lalami. The brilliantly twisted piece of literary science fiction is a timely examination ...

"If Israel decides to give full rights to only one ethnic group and fewer rights to others, it loses its democratic soul and with it its Jewish one." —Jeremy Ben-Ami, The Forward (Jan. 3, 2025 ...

In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. A thriller, a dystopia, a Gothic novel about a family curse: Genre lovers have options in this week’s recommended books ...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has a lot of options for her next act — including possible runs for governor of California in 2026 and president in 2028 — but writing a book may be ...

Twenty-five-year-old Marissa Carmichael was last seen at an Exxon gas station in Greensboro on Jan. 14, 2024. Just before 4 a.m., she called 911 to report that her phone had been stolen and she ...

It is often forgotten that Martin Luther King Jr. was a deeply patriotic American. Far from reviling America, its Founding Fathers, and the symbols of its high ideals, King revered them. The civil ...

Ten of those involved became Freedom Riders the following year, and some became leaders in the movement, including Stokely Carmichael. Despite its significance, the event faded from history ...

(What? Just me?) There’s no such thing as an excess of good books, but the roster of forthcoming publications is certainly staggering. Fiction lovers have much to look forward to, with incoming ...