CULTURE
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America’s Orange Jesus | The New Yorker
The point is simply this: in Trump 1.0, Orange Jesus was a snarky shorthand for the hypocrisy of Republicans who…
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“The Peace President” Gets Belligerent with Iran and the Pope
That night, Trump was back online, this time launching a tirade against the first American Pope, Leo XIV. Earlier in…
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“Exit 8” Is a Video-Game Adaptation That Ingeniously Subverts Its Source
The rules of this netherworld announce themselves, early on, via a nondescript wall sign. “Do not overlook any anomalies,” it…
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“The Drama” Is One Long Troll
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are charismatic as a couple confronting the fallout from an appalling revelation, but the film itself…
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My Unrequited Love Story with J.F.K., Jr.
His curiosity extended to the universe. One night, at a house party, John and I ended up in the back…
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The Long Odds of Undoing Birthright Citizenship
The first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment of that Constitution adopted following the Civil War, in 1868, forms the centerpiece…
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Cassandra Neyenesch Reads “Enough for Now”
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Donald Trump Is Breaking Up with Europe
In January, he even threatened to seize Greenland by force from Denmark, a threat so shocking—even if it shouldn’t have…
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Daily Cartoon: Monday, March 23rd
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. Source link
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“Two Prosecutors,” “Palestine ’36,” and the Tribulations of Resistance in the Thirties
By the time Kornev is finally ushered into the cell of Stepniak (a mesmerizing Aleksandr Filippenko), there’s no sense of…
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