Culture | Opinion

Much has changed since the show debuted on Broadway in 1966, but it’s what hasn’t changed that should worry us.

By Joel Grey

“Wicked” revels in the power of female frenemies.

By Jennifer Weiner

Forget the movies. Roman ideals of masculinity went far beyond what gladiators could achieve.

By Melanie Racette-Campbell

Trump excelled at tapping into the information ecosystems where minority and young voters express their identity.

By Tressie McMillan Cottom

The exhibition fight was always meant to be an empty spectacle. But in an attention economy, substance will never compete with overhyped emptiness.

By Will Leitch

Three states are calling on the federal courts for help in making women have more babies.

By Linda Greenhouse

To survive and thrive, we can’t rely on the glories of the past.

By Peter Gelb

Good writing requires four things: precision, freedom, respect and love. In this political climate, these qualities are especially important.

By Roger Rosenblatt

Let’s not become the supernatural states of America.

By David French

We must look in the mirror to know why we have already lost some battles and social respect and part of our democracy

By David W. Blight