This is where, in theory, the Journal of Controversial Ideas should have a powerful role to play. And yet, it is difficult to imagine how the journal could have any serious impact on the culture when ...

Main Street: Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai goes to jail—and Pope Francis says nothing. Images: Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the 266th pope in 2013 ...

Fatima el Idrissi makes $34 an hour in a New York City hospital lab, where she washes and sterilizes instruments used by surgeons. It’s double what she earned not long ago as a child-care aide ...