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What We’re Reading This Summer: Pocket Reads
Helen Rosner on “Great Granny Webster” “Great Granny Webster” presents itself, at first, as a comic novel: a madcap portrait gallery of…
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Business
Kareem Rahma and the Tyranny of Web Video Shows
Everything on the internet now is a “show.” No longer can we consider selfies, pithy text posts, or even monologues on front-facing…
News
The Tragedy Ireland Repressed
The greatest tragedy of Irish history is almost never addressed in the Irish arts. Two films from the past decade are an exception. Source…
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In Her Memoir, Jill Biden Continues to Avoid Reality
The best rationale for First Lady memoirs is that the domestic details they offer can serve as a lever, lifting the reader from the…
Business
Musicians shortchanged by AI deals with labels, lawsuit alleges
Musicians have been left out of settlements between major record labels and AI companies, a new lawsuit alleges. The American Federation…
Business
Apple revamps Siri as it tries to catch up in the AI race
Apple on Monday unveiled a new version of its virtual assistant Siri, to take on its artificial intelligence-powered rivals such as…
News
Trump’s Revealing On-Air Meltdown
When it comes to January 6 and the 2020 election, the president’s insecurities are on full display. Source link
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The Mendacity of Graham Platner
The scandal-plagued Maine Democrat has no record to run on, so voters have only his word. But he has left them no reason to trust anything…
Business
A World-Class Omakase in America’s Most Landlocked State
Many of the commercial strips in Omaha, a city of about half a million people, have the air of a nineties college town, with low-slung…
Culture
Did a Rowdy English Nobleman Mastermind the American Revolution?
America’s fight for independence is often considered a battle fought and won at home. A new book argues that it was propelled by a…
Culture
Edmonia Lewis, the Misunderstood Sculptor Who Brought Stone to Life
The exhibition opens with Lewis’s sculpture “Forever Free” (1866-67). Roughly three and a half feet tall, it shows a man and a woman…
News
Barry Blitt’s “Out Cold”
For the cover of the June 15, 2026, issue, the artist Barry Blitt turned his attention to Donald Trump’s latest spectacle. To mark his…
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California’s Election System Is a Disgrace
As the Los Angeles mayoral race shows, the Golden State must deal with serious systemic defects. Source link
Culture
John Early Is Ready to Go There
I saw who you were sitting with. She was talking with Wallace Shawn, who was sitting behind me, and an usher told her, “Your seat is over…
Culture
“Rafa”: the Destruction of a Man, and the Making of a Legend
For tennis champion Rafael Nadal, pain has always felt like weakness leaving the body, and a new Netflix docuseries shows the boons of…
News
A Moral Case for Jeff Bezos’s Wealth
Entrepreneurs’ access to public goods does not make them unworthy of the value they create. Source link
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The Samurai Come to Dallas, Cloisonné, a Spiny Lobster, and a Sake Fountain in Tow
The flower of Japanese metalwork shines in an impressive collaboration. Source link
Business
California falls behind Texas in Fortune 500 ranking
Texas has dethroned California as the state with the most Fortune 500 companies. The Fortune 500 list ranks the largest U.S. companies by…
Culture
How City Kids Used to Play on the Streets of New York
Cooper’s work recalls classic Tenement-era images of city dwellers making the most use of the city around them. One picture, of a child…
Culture
When Should You Say Goodbye to a Pet?
Amy’s vet referred her to Kennedy because Jingo had been diagnosed with tracheal collapse. The rings of cartilage that held open his…
Culture
Instead of Taking Your Job, A.I. Might Transform It
In search of a better understanding of our current moment, I recently went looking for A.I. adopters outside the tech industry. I asked…
Culture
Inside Phoebe Bridgers’s Secret Show at Madison Square Garden
That same year, Bridgers released “The Record” with her band boygenius, which would go on to win three Grammys; attended the Met Gala for…
News
It Will Be Hard for Democrats to Replace Graham Platner
Pulling a Biden or Torricelli swap will not be that easy. Source link
Culture
“The Little Sister” Is an Intellectual Yet Passionate Drama of Sexual Identity
The movie spans about a year, in the course of which Fatima passes her baccalaureate exam (with honors) and begins commuting to university…