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Magazine
Danielle Brooks and Sam Jay on Confidence and ‘The Color Purple’
Two creative people in two different fields in one wide-ranging conversation. This time: the actress and the comedian.
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World
These Days, the Very Rich Are Very Selfish. It Could Get Ugly.
Throughout much of the Western world’s history, the wealthiest have been viewed in their communities as a potentially unfavorable presence, and they have attempted to allay this sentiment by using their riches to support their societies in times of ...
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World
An Old Hate Cracks Open on the New Right
A dam burst last week on the right, and a wave of grotesque antisemitism poured out all over the internet. In August, I wrote about the “lost boys” of the American right, many of them young and relatively unknown, who were outed for having secret or ...
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World
You Don’t Want to Know How Much You Are Spending on Subscriptions
In recent years, much of my life as a consumer has shifted to what I like to call background spending. As I’ve subscribed to more apps and streaming platforms, significant sums of my money tend to drift away each month without my ever thinking about ...
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World
Rumbles in the Senate and the Supreme Court — and the Movie You’ll Never See
There was a lot of news this week, and I could not write a column about every event. Instead, here are some quick thoughts on a few events that caught my eye. You can think of this as something like a lightning round. Rumble on the Senate Floor On ...
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World
They survived Hamas’s attack on a trance party. An ad hoc center with art and music is helping them heal.
The gunning down of hundreds of partygoers at Tribe of Nova, a trance party in Re’im, Israel, in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 terrorist attacks has wrought an outpouring of grief for those killed or taken hostage. Yet while the more than 1,000 attendees who ...
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World
Congress Isn’t a Schoolyard. Time to Deal With Toxic Immaturity.
On Tuesday, Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma decided to settle a social media beef in the middle of a Senate hearing titled “Standing Up Against Corporate Greed.” Mullin read from a months-old post by Sean O’Brien, the president of the ...
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Business
The Cybersecurity Lawsuit That Boards Are Talking About
An S.E.C. lawsuit against a software company hacked by Russian state actors in 2020 could affect how companies handle cybersecurity risks.
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World
How Do You Solve a Problem Like George Santos?
By now, you probably know a lot about George Santos, the congressman who scammed with abandon and made up almost everything. His college diploma. His grandparents who “survived” the Holocaust. Many of his most egregious untruths were unveiled by The ...
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World
Bedbug Anxiety Has Come for Asia, and the Pest Killers Are Here for It
Outbreaks in France and South Korea have people across Asia on high alert for bedbugs. Exterminators in the region say business is booming.