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2 Books Go Behind Bars With Palestinians
MY BROTHER, MY LAND: A Story From Palestine, by Sami Hermez with Sireen Sawalha THE TALE OF A WALL: Reflections…
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The Artist Who Burned the U.S. Flag Raises a New One in Venice
Dread Scott’s unabashedly activist art once led to a Supreme Court ruling on free speech. Now during the Biennale, he…
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Bass
Writers, scholars, radio hosts and musicians, including the bassist Ron Carter, share songs that shine a light on an instrument…
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Paul Auster, the Patron Saint of Literary Brooklyn, Dies at 77
With critically lauded works like “The New York Trilogy,” the charismatic author drew inspiration from his adopted borough and won…
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This Is Peak College Admissions Insanity
Selective college admissions have been a vortex of anxiety and stress for what seems like forever, inducing panic in more…
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If Bird Flu Spreads, These Workers Will See It First
H5N1 is in a better position than ever to move between species and spill over aggressively into humans: This bird…
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Biden Is Not Winning. His Campaign Should Stop Acting Like It Is.
In February, there was a flurry of discussion about whether Joe Biden’s advancing age and seeming weakness in a matchup…
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Nixon, Trump and What Justice for All Means in America
Of the four criminal cases that Donald Trump is facing, the one now unfolding in Manhattan is generally considered the…
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A Huge Gender Gap Is Emerging Among Young Voters
It has become clear that one constituency — young voters, 18 to 29 years old — will play a key,…
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Bird Flu Is Spreading. Did We Learn Nothing From Covid?
By Zeynep Tufekci Produced by Vishakha Darbha American dairy cows have been contracting avian flu, and inactive traces of the…