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A Day-Glo New York Where Artists Could Afford the Rent
In his beautiful memoir, “Do Something,” Guy Trebay paints a picture of a vanished, pre-AIDS Gotham that’s both gritty and…
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What Happened to the Well-Mannered Cat Burglar?
In “A Gentleman and a Thief,” Dean Jobb vividly recounts the life and times of the notorious criminal — and…
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I Am Cringe. The World Is Sus. But My Teenager’s Slang Is Based.
My son just completed high school and when he leaves for college in the fall my life will change in…
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The Urgent Need to Blow Off Swing Voters
In a presidential election where both leading candidates are unpopular, there’s much talk about what each candidate can say to…
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Why Republicans Are Talking About Biden’s ‘Dictatorship’
The United States under President Biden is a “dictatorship,” according to Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota. “Under Joe Biden,“…
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I Study Disinformation. This Election Will Be Grim.
In 2020, the Stanford Internet Observatory, where I was until recently the research director, helped lead a project that studied…
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‘Babylon Berlin’ Review: Dancing While the World Begins to Burn
The long-awaited fourth season of the cult-favorite German thriller takes place in 1931, with the Nazis not quite in power.
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‘Babylon Berlin’ Is Back. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Season 4 of the epic crime drama has finally come to streaming in the United States, via MHz Choice. Here’s…
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Mavis Staples Is an American Institution. She’s Not Done Singing Yet.
After more than seven decades onstage, the gospel and soul great decided last year that it was time to retire.…
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Age and the Image of Capacity
“Watch me,” President Biden likes to say when he’s asked — he’s asked a lot, these days — whether he…