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An Exclamatory Playlist!
Wham! Neu! “Oh! Darling” and more artists and songs that make a statement.
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An Israel Divided Against Itself
More from our inbox: Ron DeSantis and Black History in FloridaLegacy Admissions‘Prostitution Is Cruelty’Protests in Jerusalem went late on Monday…
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Persuasion, Patience and Many Permits Brought Buddhist Relics to the Met
How the museum and Indian institutions overcame eight years of physical and diplomatic challenges to bring 125 rare Buddhist art…
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Review: The Cocktail Wit Is Watered Down in a Rickety New ‘Cottage’
Jason Alexander directs a Broadway farce that aims for the high style of Noël Coward but falls on its face…
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How the Indigo Girls Brought Barbie ‘Closer to Fine’
A 1989 song about soul searching has maintained cultural relevance for three decades, but the band has also long been…
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A Trump-Biden Rematch That Many Are Dreading
More from our inbox: Perils of A.I., and Limits on Its DevelopmentAn image from a televised presidential debate in 2020.Credit...Damon…
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Tony Bennett Used His Celebrity to Promote Civil Rights
The singer witnessed racism in the military and in the music industry, experiences that informed his decision to join the…
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Vladimir Putin Is Still Useful to Xi Jinping. Until He Isn’t.
In 1969, China and the Soviet Union seemed on the brink of war. They fought a deadly border clash in…
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Mike Reynolds, Champion of California’s Three-Strikes Law, Dies at 79
The murder of his daughter sent him on a successful quest to push for tougher sentencing at a time when…
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‘Barbenheimer’ Is a Huge Hollywood Moment and Maybe the Last for a While
The big launch of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” should have been a celebratory moment, but an industry on pause has darkened…