Far older than most realize, the Second Book of Enoch takes us on a journey through ten heavens, revealing angelic hosts, cosmic secrets, and a vision of creation itself. Previously convicted murderer ...

PEN America's report found 6,870 instances of book bans in 2024 and 2025. Books bans in public schools have become a "new normal" in the U.S., escalating since 2021, according to one advocacy group.

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Even though to European eyes Australia’s problems with migration seem comparatively manageable – last year 43,630 illegal migrants ...

Few pieces of Star Wars’ expanded universe storytelling have achieved the legendary status of Matthew Stover’s Revenge of the Sith novelization. First published in 2005, it’s widely regarded by fans ...

Hochul should sign the Freedom to Read Act during Banned Book Week to assert our shared conviction that everyone has the right to learn and to think for themselves. Credit: Getty Images. Recently, ...

On Monday, his culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, told MPs that the Starmer government would provide the resources to enable Maccabi fans to attend the match, saying that the original ban on Maccabi ...

The permanent exhibit in the rotunda of the National Archives in Washington, D.C., includes original copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Constitution’s first 10 ...

A woman cradles her son, eight-month-old Muhammad Bilal Abu Salah, as residents collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids on October 28, 2023 in Khan Younis, Gaza [Ahmad ...

SYDNEY: To hear Bill Gates tell it, the electric drivetrains that have transformed the passenger vehicle industry over the past decade have no chance of repeating the trick in heavy trucks. According ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meal programme carries an irresistible political promise that no child should go hungry at school. Launched in January by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and ...

Vermont’s anti-hunger advocates say many noncitizens will be impacted by changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). “Fewer of our community members in Vermont who are considered ...