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Critic Ann Powers considers musical performances that have left audiences stunned in utter silence, and what you can hear when sound falls away.

What we lose in the gamification of music

Music shouldn't be treated like a game to master — it should be treated like something that affects and potentially changes you.

'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks

Federal officials placed 1,300 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.

Who is Bari Weiss? CBS News' new editor-in-chief is a vocal critic of legacy media

Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News.

To her fans, many of whom are young women, Gracie Abrams embodies the intensity and confusion of being a young person whose potential is unfolding, not always in positive ways.

How much should we care about a pop star's baggage?

Gracie Abrams, one of today's biggest new singer-songwriters, has polarized critics with her confessional writing and A-list upbringing. Why do people care so much that she is taking up space?

Under new owner David Ellison, CBS parent company Paramount has taken several steps to appease concerns about bias from the Trump administration, including hiring a news ombudsman with strong conservative credentials.

CBS shifts to appease the right under new owner

CBS' new owner, David Ellison, has taken concrete steps to address the concerns of the news division's sharpest critics — particularly President Trump and his allies.

Every year, TV critic Eric Deggans gives out his own awards for the best shows and performances. This year Deggys go to, clockwise from top left: Andor, The Residence, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Adolescence.

The Emmys will get it wrong. That's why we give out the Deggys

Every year ahead of the Emmys, TV critic Eric Deggans gives out his own awards for the best shows and performances. These are the Deggys.

In A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Monica introduces Teddy to David. The seemingly ordinary teddy bear quickly reveals himself to be an intelligent companion capable of conversation and emotional support.

'The Trojan Teddy Bear': The promise and peril of childhood in the age of AI

AI is moving beyond chatbots and into toys, dolls, and robots built to befriend children. A leading child-development expert says the technology offers real promise — but also risks crowding out the human relationships children need most.

Classicist and translator Emily Wilson published a critical review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey in the London Review of Books. Wilson has loved Greek myths since childhood and has translated both the Iliad and Odyssey. She has tattoos of a spear on one leg and a bow on the other — she says they represent Achilles and Odysseus.

'Odyssey' translator Emily Wilson says Nolan shouldn't have written the movie himself

The renowned classics scholar caused a stir when her critical review of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey went viral. Wilson explains her reaction to the film and why she's translating the poem again.

Miguel Muniz (left) and Martin Bertao are the incoming and outgoing presidents of the University of California Berkeley College Republicans. Mia Akins is a member of Students For Life, an anti-abortion rights group, at Florida International University in Miami.

Under Trump, freedom of speech in universities takes on a new meaning

Is academic freedom fading on U.S. campuses? A Republican student group credits Trump's election with expanding their ability to speak out, while others discuss how his policies are reshaping campus life and academic fields.

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