When I sat down with Kevin J. Maroni, the new chair of the National Geographic Society’s board of trustees, I kept coming back to a simple question: how does an institution stay trusted across ...

Mapping is one way African Americans fight for equality and help each other navigate a racially hostile landscape.

Women have moved from mapmakers using their bodies to depict maps to being leaders shaping the field of cartography.

Gladys West, right, developed the mathematical models behind GPS. U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons Although women have always been ...

Mr. Tanenhaus is the author of “Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America.” Whether Mayor Zohran Mamdani has the skills and good fortune to succeed in the so-called second-hardest job ...

To mark the end of 2025, the "Volver" director joined 55 other Spanish filmmakers in naming the most influential titles from the past 25 years. This year marked a quarter into the 21st century, and to ...

Journal Editorial Report: The year's worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady, Dan Henninger and Paul Gigot. Photo: Laura Brett/Zuma Press The 20th century was characterized by industrial ...

© Marcelo Endelli/Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesLionel Messi of Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal. As in every sport, a select few athletes separate ...

Marcel is a writer who is passionate about most movies and series. He will watch anything that's good. He is a content manager by day and a videographer when needed. Marcel used to work at a major ...

Much about 2025 has been memorable. One of the things that strikes me most about this year is that we’re over a quarter of the way into this century. Weren’t we just counting down the seconds as the ...

Quentin Tarantino gave movies like 'Dunkirk' and 'There Will Be Blood' props, but he named a Ridley Scott movie as his favorite of the 21st century so far Moviestore/Shutterstock; Gilbert Flores/WWD ...