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New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.

The protagonists of Babygirl and Black Doves are stuck in their “perfect” lives—and find illicit fulfillment outside them.

The president has commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row to life without parole, a historic move.

Recent entries into the literature of parenting offer disparate visions of dadhood as part of a man’s private, or public, life.

Most American tortillas taste like cardboard. Chefs, restaurants, and companies are trying to restore the corny glory.

Arthur C. Brooks and Lori Gottlieb discuss the importance of fun, the cultural distortion of emotions as “good” or “bad,” and how envy can point you in the direction of your deepest desires.