The need for more history classes in our schools
August 10, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: The relative paucity of time allotted to U.S. history in…
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Take RFK Jr. seriously or ignore him and let his campaign disappear?
August 9, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: It is deeply disturbing and worrying that The Times continues…
A radical collaboration sheds prophetic light on Nat Turner's slave rebellion
Book review Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary Story By Anthony J. Kaye and Gregory P. DownsFarrar, Straus and Giroux:…
TJ Newman's 'worst case scenario' could ignite a bidding war in Hollywood
On the shelf The worst possible scenario By TJ NewmanLittle Brown: 336 pages, $30 If you purchase books linked on…
Compton Post Office Named After Hero Who Saved the Lives of His Fellow Marines
There was a grenade and the most important decision of his life had to be made in an instant. The…
'Mr. Throwback' Review: Stephen Curry's Latest Title Is an Actor
Stephen Curry the basketball player is all over TV this week (or, to be more specific, all over Peacock). There’s…
These stories about serial murders go where no crime podcast ever could.
Book Review Highway Thirteen: Stories By Fiona McFarlaneFarrar, Straus and Giroux: 255 pages, $27If you purchase books linked on our…
'Stranger Things' 'The First Shadow' Coming to Broadway in 2025
The Upside Down comes to New York City. “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” is coming to Broadway in 2025, Netflix…
A meticulous history of the senseless killing at Kent State
Book Review Kent State: An American Tragedy By Brian VanDeMarkWW Norton: 416 pages, $35If you purchase books linked on our…
Egypt through the lens: stage and screen | History
Stars from Egypt's golden age of performing arts captured by leading photographers, from Umm Kulthum to Abdel Halim Hafez. Egypt…