A century ago, Al Smith was a force in American politics—and the first Catholic to mount a major run at the White House. And if he is to be believed, he didn't know what an encyclical was.

RaMell Ross’ film ‘Nickel Boys’ is nominated for Best picture. His 2018 documentary is an attempt to express Black life and history as dynamic and vital.

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Dick Button, the voice of figure skating for half a decade, taught us what figure skating was supposed to be.

for I too take my bearings in a manner unfamiliar to solid daylit creatures

I lean into the gale