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World
The Nuclear Dump That Created a Generation of Indigenous Activists
For members of a Taiwanese tribe, a waste site on their island serves as a painful reminder of the government’s…
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Arts
Within Himself, an African Photographer Finds Multitudes
A studio portraitist turns the lens on flamboyant alter egos in his first solo U.S. museum exhibition at Princeton.
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Arts
Raúl Castillo Can Empathize With Ambivalence
In “The Inspection,” he plays a drill instructor who takes a bullied recruit under his wing, the kind of nurturing…
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Arts
British Comedy ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ Plans Spring Broadway Bow
The farce, by the team behind “The Play That Goes Wrong,” is about a bumbling theater company attempting to stage…
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Books
Read Your Way Through Tokyo
Hiromi Kawakami, one of Japan’s most popular contemporary novelists, travels with books that help her immerse herself in her destination.…
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World
Does a Newly Elected G.O.P. Assemblyman Really Live in Brooklyn?
Lester Chang, a newly elected Republican representing a Brooklyn district, faces questions over whether he lives in the borough or…
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World
How Nature Kept St. John the Divine From Soaring Higher
Originally, the Manhattan cathedral was to have a 40-story tower, but its planners had failed to take geology into account.
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Finance
Kevin McCarthy’s Business Ties Complicate His Rise to Power
To land the House speaker position, the California Republican will have to win over opponents who question his ties to…
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News
Robert Caro, Robert Gottlieb and the Art of the Edit
Making movies about writers is notoriously difficult, though the temptation is clear. After all, filmmakers, like authors, are storytellers, and…
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World
‘Fear Still Remains’: Ukraine Finds Sexual Crimes Where Russian Troops Ruled
Russian officials have denied abuses against civilians despite widespread evidence of sexual violence by Russian troops documented by Ukrainian and…