Wil Haygood’s “The War Within a War” is a rare, illuminating look at the way the war shaped the struggle for equality back home. By Brent Staples As usual, Lionel Shriver sets out to puncture pieties, ...

The rare murals in the Cohen Federal Building celebrate vital American values of dignity and community. Now they could meet the same fate as the White House’s East Wing. By Holland Cotter An eccentric ...