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A Child’s Island of Wonder, as Fascism Rises
THE WILDCAT BEHIND GLASS, by Alki Zei. Translated by Karen Emmerich. Of all the genres of the past century of…
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One Man’s Quest for ‘Photographic Justice’
A new book from the legendary lensman Corky Lee captures both struggle and celebration across several decades of Asian American…
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‘Sally & Tom’ Frees Sally Hemings From Being a Mere Footnote
Suzan-Lori Parks’s play is the latest work by a Black writer seeking to prioritize Hemings’s life and perspective to make…
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Film Academy Looks Overseas for Donors
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced a global $500 million campaign to shore up its financial…
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Review: An Opera Saw Red-Pill Culture Coming. Now, It’s Back.
Robert Ashley’s 1994 opera “Foreign Experiences,” a portrait of a paranoid mind in free fall, is part of a wave…
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We Have a Housing Crisis. This New Jersey Town Has a Solution.
Palisades Park is ending the tyranny of single-family homes.
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Dennis Thompson, Drummer and Last Remaining Member of MC5, Dies at 75
The musician brought his hard-hitting style to the band, which helped lay the foundation of American punk rock and is…
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Trump Is Not Invincible
In the folk wisdom of recent American politics, Donald Trump is a figure of herculean invulnerability to traditional scandal. What…
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Watch Out for the Better Mother
Sometimes, particularly in a public parenting setting, I will play the Better Mother. This is the mother who stands attentively…
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After College Presidents, Republicans Are Coming for Liberal Donors
In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland this week, the Republican senator Josh Hawley demanded a federal investigation into…