AMANDA TAUB

Sociologists see a pattern that goes beyond the culture of specific schools, churches and industries: an ingrained resistance to self-policing or defying a community’s hierarchy.

An old favorite and a cli-fi future.

The seismic shifts of the 1960s are still reverberating in the Democratic Party.

Record heat and rampant fires are raising grim questions about the world’s ability to withstand a new era of climate change.

Joan Didion’s “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” and Robert Mickey’s “Paths Out of Dixie” help our columnist understand American democracy’s new crisis of authoritarianism.

Even before the wave of abortion bans, medical treatment and advice for pregnancy has largely focused on fetal safety over the mother’s.

Andrea Prudente, an American, developed pregnancy complications while on the island that could put her life at risk. But abortion is illegal there, and she...

Ukrainians are trying to confront the war’s psychological wounds even as the battles wear on.

An examination of crises in the Americas — including school shootings in the U.S. — yields a sobering theory about why even a national outpouring...

The same fundamentals apply to patriarchal systems, whether in Hollywood or India: Threats to men’s status can provoke broader resistance than you might think.