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4 Objects That Explain the History of Carnegie Hall
A new podcast explores an array of items from the 133-year-old hall’s archive, like Ella Fitzgerald’s glasses and an opening-night…
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The Supreme Court Made a ‘Monumentally Awful’ Decision
By Jesse Wegman Produced by Derek Arthur On Monday morning the Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump and future presidents…
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Is America a City on a Hill or a Nation on the Precipice?
If America were a painting, it would almost certainly be a self-portrait. Ours is a nation obsessed with depicting and…
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L.B.J. Did It in 1968. Biden Can Do It, Too.
On March 31, 1968, Lyndon Johnson used a nationally televised address from the Oval Office to announce that he would…
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The Supreme Court Creates a Lawless Presidency
The Supreme Court’s radical decision handing the president broad immunity from criminal prosecution on Monday will rightly be understood as…
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Your Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card Is Ready, Sir
In 1977, nearly three years after leaving office in disgrace, President Richard Nixon gave a series of interviews to David…
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At American Ballet Theater, a New Swan Takes Flight
The rise of the soloist Chloe Misseldine is part of the artistic director Susan Jaffe’s master plan: Start them young…
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France Is Headed for Disaster
Things are not going according to plan. Three weeks ago, President Emmanuel Macron of France called a snap vote hoping…
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June Leaf, Artist Who Explored the Female Form, Dies at 94
Womanly power was a recurring theme of her work, expressed in idiosyncratic sculpture and paintings that did not align with…
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There’s No Reason to Resign Ourselves to Biden
Though Joe Biden’s debate performance last week was among the most painful things I’ve ever witnessed, it at least seemed…