NBC News and MSNBC are starting to look like Mississippi after the federal troops left in 1877.

You know him for his comedies, his love of weed, and his raspy chuckle. In his new series, "The Studio," Rogen plays an aspiring Hollywood mogul. But in real life the forty-two-year-old actor and producer is already one of the most powerful people in show business-even if he won’t admit it.

The likely next secretary of Health and Human Services scared me with a cruel and misleading statement--and that’s the danger he poses to parents everywhere.

We see right through the unshowered soul living in a car by the beach, or by the Walmart, or by the side of the road. But he’s there, and he used to be somebody. He still is. A firsthand account of homelessness in America.

How did a demure jazz-club owner become a global literary sensation and a perennial Nobel Prize contender? Behind the unlikely rise of Japan’s greatest contemporary writer.

The stakes of the job are higher than ever-and so is the toll it takes. RAs across the country tell Esquire about their fight to reimagine their role and how it might change college life for everyone.

Every election season, American readers cling to buzzy political books. But how do publishers make plans despite an uncertain outcome, and how do their decisions influence the national conversation? Insiders take Esquire behind the scenes.

The attack at the Boston Marathon nearly killed her. Two years later and five thousand miles away, a violent encounter with a shark took his leg. Had either event not occurred, they wouldn’t be married today. When our deepest trauma leads to our most profound joy, what do we call that feeling?

The actor has big ideas about life and death-even a theory about the nature of time. Over an afternoon at one of his favorite New York City haunts, the actor let us into his world.

The comedian and actor felt the wrath of the Internet and lost a career-defining job amid the controversy. Now he’s back with a YouTube interview series, a new Netflix special, and a fresh perspective.

Thirty-six years after the release of Tim Burton’s haunted house classic, Winona Ryder returns to the role that made her famous, in "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice." For "Esquire," the singular star reflects on the highs and lows of her extraordinary life and career.

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff explains what it's been like for him and their kids to support Kamala during her candidacy. He talks about being the ultimate "Wife Guy" and traveling around the United States supporting her campaign. Plus, we learn which one of them is the bigger basketball fan and what they think of Maya Rudolph's SNL impression.

In 1987, she survived her own murder. Thirty-seven years later, a son investigates the mystery that defined his life before it even began.

Amid a terrifying political moment, escapism can be dangerous. But as we celebrate ten years of the Southern Reach trilogy, N.K. Jemisin reminds us that stories can help deconstruct colonial power.

“Sad girl lit” is everywhere, but young men are glaringly absent from the contemporary canon of popular authors writing about sex and intimacy. Could that be about to change?

When I inherited a box of papers about a mysterious relative, I went in search of his life-and discovered a courageous man who found his purpose fighting the disease that killed him.

San Francisco's AutoErotica is the last bookstore of its kind. For owner Patrick Batt and his customers, it's an important bastion of forgotten histories.

He transformed himself into a terrifying clown in "It" and a ruthless villain in "John Wick." But he goes deeper for "The Crow" this summer and "Nosferatu" in December. Is the thirty-three-year-old actor-who doesn’t even enjoy seeing scary movies-Hollywood’s new dark prince?

He helped launch the Marvel universe (would he wear the suit again??). He finally won his Oscar. But even in the small moments, he’s always on the verge of a new revelation.

Twenty-six years ago, Barton McNeil called 911 to report that his three-year-old daughter had died in the night. It was the worst thing that could ever happen to any parent. Then a new nightmare began.

To one America, he has long been a beacon of the civil-rights movement-the man met Dr. King! To another, he was a loudmouth in a tracksuit, surrounded by controversy and shady friends-the man knows Don King, too. Pulitzer Prize winner Mitchell S. Jackson tailed Al Sharpton around the country to find out why he keeps going, what he’s still doing, and where his place in history will be.

Last week, the Hugo Awards melted down over unexplained disqualifications. Insiders tell Esquire what really happened-and what it could mean for the future of literary awards.

Once the province of retirees, miniatures are now trending on TikTok, starring on reality television, and selling for six figures. Here, we take you inside the big moment for these tiny worlds.

What’s going on in Steve Bannon’s head? Can he once again propel Donald Trump to the presidency? And how worried should we be?

Amid historic disruption in the publishing industry, big questions are-rightfully-being asked. Here, experts weigh in on how books (and the ways we discover them) are going to change.

Those who are trying (including Tom Perrotta, Ayad Akhtar, and more) tell us what it's like.

Shawn Levy, the director of 'Deadpool 3' and 'All the Light We Cannot See,' wonders to what extent can audiences still come together in this fragmented world.

"The future is too important to just wait for it, and the road to it must be overcome."

He’s already considered one of the best actors of his generation. But not much about his past would make you say, “Movie star.” Nah, lads. He had to create that all by himself.

The renowned author talks about fiction, fame, fatherhood, the elasticity of time, the hell of immortality, and much, much more.

With more movies, books, and a television series ahead, 'Dune' is taking over the next decade. It might also be the roadmap to the future we want to live in.

Do authors actually like the books they endorse-or even read them? Writers, literary agents, and publishing workers take Esquire inside the story of a problematic "favor economy."

Looking for an escape, I became obsessed with restoring the natural ecosystem in my yard. Then a neighbor’s tree came crashing down-and kicked off a new battle.

Twenty-six books in, the author has made a career of writing about loners, misfits, and deviants. But the man behind these controversial and transgressive fictions is full of surprises.

After a whirlwind three years -- during which he’s gone from unknown outsider to TV heart-throb to internet sensation to Oscar nominee and Olivier Award winner, with barely a pause for breath -- the Irish actor will shortly ascend to mainstream-movie stardom, stepping into Russell Crowe’s sandals with the lead role in "Gladiator 2," Ridley Scott’s sequel to his epic blockbuster.