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World
How Aligning With China Changed Life in the Solomon Islands
The author of a new book on the diplomatic switch says that ending recognition of Taiwan affected life in unexpected…
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News
How MAGA Corrupts the Culture of the White Working Class
I’m not exactly optimistic about human nature. Yes, I certainly believe that human beings are capable of great good, but…
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Arts
An Experimental Label’s Music Is Now Streaming. Here’s Where to Start.
Listen to 15 streaming highlights from the vast catalog of Tzadik, the imprint founded by John Zorn.
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Arts
Kate Soper Returns to Opera With a Story Medieval and Modern
On a recent summer morning in New York, three sopranos, a director and a small crew gathered for a rehearsal…
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Books
Where to start? A guide to Fosse’s work.
Throughout a decades-long career, the playwright and author Jon Fosse has inspired comparisons to Henrik Ibsen, Samuel Beckett and even…
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News
The Kaiser Strike Isn’t Your Typical Labor Action
In April 2020, when I would walk home after a long day treating patients in a New York City emergency…
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News
Baseball Has Become Micromanaged, Like Everything Else in Our Lives
The playoffs are upon us, and this year Major League Baseball likes to think of itself as having a lot…
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World
Shades of Gray, and Then Some
During Paris Fashion Week, almost every color could be spotted on the streets and the runways.
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News
The Ripples of Republican Chaos
This week, Donald Trump delivered his version of a sad tiny desk performance, hunched over the defendant’s table in a…
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Magazine
Our Vacation Destination Has a Poor Human Rights Record. Should We Go?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to travel to a country ruled by an oppressive regime.