How a few activists brought national attention to Bill de Blasio's failure in the NYPD killing of Eric Garner

Andrew O'Hehir reviews 'Wag the Dog' directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Anne Heche.

The Tribeca Film Fest decision to pull a controversial documentary is not a "free speech" issue

A new exhibit explores the gender politics of the movement's often overlooked women artists

The surrealists were funny, poetic and deeply transgressional all at the same time.

NYPD's aggressive "stop & frisk" policy divided a city into two camps. Now, new stats say the opponents were right

Why the French love Barack Obama -- even if he'd rather not be seen with them in public.

Think the royals in "Game of Thrones" are wicked? Check out the real-life bad guys of the Middle Ages

Colin Powell raps about "bling," Stevie Wonder rips Eminem a new one, and Streisand has little sympathy for impotence sufferers.

The novelist puts one over on a few American critics, too.

The effects of police violence extend beyond the immediate body count

How polygamy created a schism among early Mormons — and ultimately led to the murder of the religion's founder

Forget the Pilgrims. America's roots are older and more twisted, what Tony Horwitz calls a "primordial slime of false starts and mutations."

Chip and Joanna Gaines' lifestyle network is feeding viewers the comfort cooking shows they've been craving

How Harvey Weinstein's mental-illness rom-com might just steal "Argo's" thunder