CULTURE
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How Political Is This Supreme Court?
I don’t know. Maybe. Perhaps. That’s reading a bit into it, yeah. I’m just saying, when you say you’re messing…
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The Intimate Legacies of a White-Supremacist Coup
A racist takeover in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898, has reverberated across generations as a reminder of American democracy’s terrifying…
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The Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship—but the Fight May Not Be Over
The question, after all, had seemed settled. The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, holds that “persons born or naturalized in…
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“Couture,” Reviewed: Angelina Jolie Faces Trouble with Style
The compressed script and the snippety editing sometimes lead to unintended comedy, as in a scene where Maxine watches Christine,…
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Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, June 24th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. Source link
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“The Readers,” by Ben Lerner
It would be one thing if I wrote fiction about Cromwell or aliens, but, given that my protagonists resemble me,…
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The Knicks’ Championship Win Transforms the City
One of the many miracles of the New York Knicks’ championship run through the playoffs (a phrase whose novelty will…
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Olivia Rodrigo’s Early-Twenties Lament | The New Yorker
“They say modern love’s a cruel endeavor,” Olivia Rodrigo sings on “u + me = <3,” a lush, desperate new…
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Iran Can Hold America Hostage in Either War or Peace
Today, Iran continues to use people as leverage; six Americans are currently imprisoned there. The reality is that the Islamic…
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What Jill Biden Doesn’t Say in Her White House Memoir
The best rationale for First Lady memoirs is that the domestic details they offer can serve as a lever, lifting…
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