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O.J. Simpson, Athlete Whose Trial Riveted the Nation, Dies at 76
He ran to football fame on the field and made fortunes in movies. Then a trial in which he was…
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A Conversation With Deborah Feldman, an Unorthodox Voice in Germany
Feldman, who wrote in “Unorthodox” about leaving her Hasidic community in New York, has been touching a nerve in Germany,…
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Hanif Abdurraqib Just Misses His Dog
His new book, “There’s Always This Year,” is a meditation on beauty, grief and mortality through the lens of basketball…
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There’s a Bright Spot in New York Theater. It’s Not Where You Think.
Commercial Off Broadway, a long-dormant sector of the city’s theater economy, is having a banner season. But can it last?
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The Very High Stakes of Failing to Help Ukraine
Since Russia’s first invasion of Ukraine in 2014, a rare consensus has formed in Washington around this conviction: America must…
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Many Patients Don’t Survive End-Stage Poverty
He has an easy smile, blue eyes and a life-threatening bone infection in one arm. Grateful for treatment, he jokes…
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‘Civil War’ Reminds Us That Not Only Can It Happen Here, but It Did
“Not one man in America wanted the Civil War, or expected or intended it,” Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy…
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It’s Time to End the Quiet Cruelty of Property Taxes
Property taxes, the lifeblood of local governments and school districts, are one of the most powerful and stealthy engines of…
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As Ramadan Ends, I Resist the Urge to Insulate
By Meher Ahmad Produced by Derek Arthur With the ongoing war and suffering in Gaza, this year’s holy month of…
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‘Civil War’ Review: We Have Met the Enemy and It Is Us. Again.
In Alex Garland’s tough new movie, a group of journalists led by Kirsten Dunst, as a photographer, travels a United…