The first page of Christopher Isherwood’s “Goodbye to Berlin” (1939), the novel that inspired the musical “Cabaret,” includes ...

From South Korea to the United States, there are multiplying signs of democratic crisis in today’s world. The root of the problem is the permanent tension between capitalism and democratic freedoms, ...

Babel, whose original derivation from the Hebrew name for Babylon dates even further back to Akkadian—an extinct East Semitic ...

Michael Ignatieff is the former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the author of “On Consolation: Finding Solace in ...

Jay L. Zagorsky receives funding from the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute. H. Sami Karaca receives funding from the Ravi K.

The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years by Ulbe Bosma, Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2023; pp xi + 448, `695.

Pro-cryptocurrency attorney John Deaton expressed his willingness on Sunday to lead a federal investigation into the so-called "Operation Choke Point 2.0″ without any salary, a task he deemed an ...

John Deaton calls for a federal investigation into Operation ChokePoint 2.0. Coinbase reveals FDIC documents ... as a direct assault on the foundational principles of free market capitalism and ...

Steven Nickolas is a writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. Jared Ecker is a researcher and fact-checker. He possesses over a decade ...

Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. Another year of reading has come and gone, leaving mental trails of ...