On Nov. 3, The Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood was set ablaze in what appears to be an act of arson. Boxes of books had been pushed in front of the back door and set on fire, and a manifesto posted ...

This month marks 18 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the southeastern United States, uprooting the lives of many who lived in New Orleans and the surrounding Gulf states. It took the ...

A Category 4 hurricane and its aftermath can traumatize anyone — especially kids. The howling wind and widespread devastation, along with the physical distance from friends because of an evacuation, ...

Sure, I called Bridgit Budd a force of nature before, but I meant it and I'm sticking to it. You may remember her from The Pecking Order, famous for its classic broasted chicken and to-die-for pies.

Annie is 37 weeks pregnant. She's shopping at IKEA in Portland, Oregon, when everything around her begins to shake. It's an earthquake – the big one. Unable to get in touch with her husband or anyone ...

“I spent my career as an academic studying great depressions. I can tell you from history that if we don’t act in a big way, you can expect another great depression, and this time it’s going to be far ...

Carrie Milgram was a character who kept us on edge from the beginning. She was a former prosecutor who, for years, had worked as a professor and advisor at Stansfield University. But Carrie always put ...

In February, 2023, David Remnick profiled Salman Rushdie after a near-fatal stabbing. “Knife,” which recounts the attack and its aftermath, is one of the titles on this year’s longlist, which spans ...