CULTURE
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The Woman Behind Japan’s Rightward Shift
Last October, Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s Prime Minister after being elected as head of the Liberal Democratic Party, the conservative…
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Ben Shapiro Is Waging Battle Inside the MAGA Movement
The conservative commentator on the antisemitism in MAGA media and why he condemns President Trump as corrupt yet sticks with…
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What Happens When the Snow Doesn’t Melt?
The other day, at the intersection of 174th Street and Broadway, in Washington Heights, I met Joshua Goodman, a deputy…
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Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion
In September, the company floated shares on the stock market, capitalizing in another way on the cachet of the Trump…
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What the Democrats Can Learn from MAGA
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Witnessing Another Public Killing in Minneapolis
“They killed another guy,” someone announced, in my group chat. That message was followed quickly by a link to a…
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The 2026 Oscar Nominations and What Should Have Been Picked
Wes Anderson (“The Phoenician Scheme”) Ryan Coogler (“Sinners”) Kleber Mendonça Filho (“The Secret Agent”) Josh Safdie (“Marty Supreme”) First, the…
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker
Atlas’s Bones, by D. Vance Smith (Chicago). Encompassing Africana studies, medieval scholarship, historiography, and philosophy, this book surveys centuries of…
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Nia DaCosta Injects New Blood Into “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple”
In “The Bone Temple,” the full extent of Jimmy’s evil is revealed early on. So, too, is the range of…
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“The Chronology of Water” Is an Extraordinary Directorial Début
But get away Lidia does, and, finally free of paternal authority, she’s out of control: drinking and taking drugs, partying…
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