My brother Robert, always in and out of treatment, was a gift. He taught me to accept my own frustrations, and to curb the envy of others I sometimes felt.

In the debates about democratic socialism, we need a new idea of utopia. The life and work of nineteenth-century socialist William Morris is a good place to start.

Close the newspaper. Turn off the computer and the radio. Change the conversation, and refuse to allow Trump and his antics to dominate your thoughts.

Most of the films in competition at Cannes were quieter, more richly textured meditations on love, loss, and identity. But the specter of Trump loomed large.

The landslide reelection of Narendra Modi as prime minister of India in May concentrates economic and nationalist concerns. It bodes poorly for the lower castes.