The celebrated historian and biographer talks about himself for a change; and Sue Halpern considers whether Big Tech’s honeymoon with Washington is over.

Masha Gessen on the sweeping changes for L.G.B.T.Q. people that have taken place since the 1969 Stonewall uprising. Can the movement advance in the face of political backlash?

The director discusses her new film about five youths convicted and exonerated of an infamous crime; and critic Emily Nussbaum, explains a “deluge” of #MeToo plots on television.

The debate on making reparations for slavery is as old as the Republic. Will the nation finally face up to its history?

James Taylor gives Adam Gopnik a quick guitar lesson, and Lucinda Williams bares her soul to Ariel Levy.

Two leading environmental writers wonder if the sense of urgency is coming too late. Plus Heidi Schreck on the Constitution, and Karen Russell’s move from Florida to Oregon.

A reigning diva in the Americana scene shows her global side, a comedian meditates on God, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand thinks she is Donald Trump’s “kryptonite.”

The Presidential candidate doesn’t shy away from immigration. And the New Yorker staff writer Larissa MacFarquhar reports on a radical shift in treatment for dementia patients.

An insider describes how financial problems came to threaten the gun organization’s survival; and a reality check on the most ambitious climate proposal ever brought to Congress.