CULTURE
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How Joe Biden Could Address the Age Issue
In a report sure to find its place in the annals of politically damaging exonerations, Robert Hur, the special counsel…
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Can Ukraine Still Win? | The New Yorker
Long before it was reported, at the end of January, that Volodymyr Zelensky had decided to replace his popular Army…
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The Argument Over a Long-Standing Autism Intervention
When Tiffany Hammond was growing up in Texas, in the nineteen-nineties, other children teased her for how she spoke: she…
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The Artist Holding Valuable Art Hostage to Protect Julian Assange
The project is called “Dead Man’s Switch,” and the “dead man” in question is the Australian WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange,…
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The U.S. Confronts Middle Eastern Militias but Not Iran’s Long Game
On April 18, 1983, a dark delivery van loaded with two thousand pounds of explosives turned into a cobblestone lane…
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The Last Real Legislative Battle of 2024
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The Risks in Attacking the Houthis in Yemen
Late on Monday of last week, the United States and the United Kingdom staged attacks on Yemen, bombing military-equipment storage…
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“Do I Have to Come Here Injured or Dead?”
Now, cuffed and shackled, Keldy was a criminal defendant, charged with a misdemeanor. She had committed two phone numbers to…
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“Subtraction”: A Masterwork of Realistic Fantasy
Iranian cinema has risen to international prominence in recent decades, largely through the meticulous realism of such directors as Abbas…
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Americans Are Finally Starting to Feel Better About the Economy
While the political world is focussed on the G.O.P. primary in New Hampshire, the financial markets have been assimilating some…
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