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“Women’s Hotel,” “Under the Eye of the Big Bird,” “By the Fire We Carry,” and “Alexander von Humboldt.”
“Women’s Hotel,” “Under the Eye of the Big Bird,” “By the Fire We Carry,” and “Alexander von Humboldt.”
The agency, known for listening, is getting into the (extremely vetted) talking game, with “No Such Podcast.”
Sudden glimpses of urban artistry.
Though Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett shared a mission, they took very different approaches. Their ensuing rivalry was political, sometimes even personal.
Since the Civil War, the Erben organ has imbued St. Patrick’s Basilica with “a tinge of sadness.”
The list of issues I was right about goes on and on. Guns? Kamala Harris owns too many, but also not enough.
George C. Wolfe finds inspiration for his production—starring Audra McDonald as Broadway’s first Black Mama Rose—watching the pasties twirl at a burlesque show.
The artist Samantha Nye tries to drum up models for a shoot of a female-only “pleasure party” at the Belvedere Guest House, the all-male gay compound.
“America, like hope’s sharp pencil, / winks brightly beyond a gantlet of elegant shill.”
From the French Revolution to January 6th, crowds have been heroized and vilified. Now they’re a field of study.
Readers respond to Nicholas Lemann’s article on Bidenomics, Kathryn Schulz’s essay on animal mortality, and Jazmine Hughes’s piece on Alpha Kappa Alpha.
After spending more than a hundred million dollars to help Trump get elected, Musk stands to earn a lot more.
Democrats have often described Latinos as decisive when they support liberal candidates and inconsequential when they don’t.
With “Nightbitch”—in which Amy Adams turns into a dog—the director portrays parenting as a visceral transformation.
Had I proposed earlier that we invite someone stranded to come with us to New York, Hugh would have said no. But now there was really no way for him to back out.
One of the notes on potential jurors read, “I liked him better than any other Jew But No Way,” then added, “Must Kick, too Risky.”
In India, one of the world’s most polyglot countries, the government wants more than a billion people to embrace Hindi. One scholar thinks that would be a loss.
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a new framework for thinking through your ethical dilemmas and philosophical questions. This unconventional column is based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other. Here is a Vox reader’s question, […]
How a UK Member of Parliament faked his own death and disappeared in 1974
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Have the Penguins ushered in a new youth movement with the emergence of several young players?
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More and more Big Apple youngsters are getting busted by police, as New York State's broken juvenile justice system continues to fail troubled teens.
Just in time for the holidays, some heart-warming news.
D-Wave says its new Advantage2 processor, which is designed for complex applications in AI, optimization and data science, is faster and more accurate than its existing 5,000-qubit system.
House Republicans are doing everything they can to project unity in anticipation of the party taking total control of government under President-elect Trump. But the House GOP, which has been marked by chaos and faces another slim majority for the next two years, will encounter a series of obstacles as it aims to push through an ambitious agenda. Amid that, it is likely...
All eyes will be locked on the House Ethics Committee this week as it weighs whether to release its report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) following his nomination by President-elect Trump to serve as attorney general. The question of publishing the report has emerged as a heated debate on Capitol Hill, with some lawmakers...