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Adele Returns to the Stage in Las Vegas, Resolute and Reflective
LAS VEGAS — Adele has become a titanically successful superstar by presenting herself as something of an oxymoron: a relatable…
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George Lois, 91, Who Brought the Counterculture to Advertising, Dies
George Lois, Madison Avenue’s best-known 20th-century art director, who put the counterculture of the 1960s and ’70s into postwar advertising…
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Dr. Mitchell Rosenthal, Phoenix House Founder, Dies at 87
Dr. Mitchell Rosenthal, the founder of Phoenix House, which branded itself the largest private, nonprofit therapeutic drug-treatment program in ...
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Ed Rudy, Chronicler of the Beatles’ First Trip to America, Dies at 93
On Feb. 7, 1964, when the Beatles were greeted by thousands of screaming fans at John F. Kennedy International Airport,…
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Staughton Lynd, Historian and Activist Turned Labor Lawyer, Dies at 92
Staughton Lynd, a historian and lawyer who over a long and varied career organized schools for Black children in Mississippi,…
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It Was a Bad Week for Billionaires With Delusions of Saving the World
In recent years, a swelling chorus of Americans has grown critical of the nation’s bajillionaires. But in the extraordinary week…
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There Are No Lone Wolves
Sometime in May 2020, Payton Gendron, a 16-year-old in upstate New York, was browsing the website 4chan when he came…
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Trump, Macho Macho Victim
WASHINGTON — Among many remarkable moments in the past few days, this was my favorite: Donald Trump finally acknowledged that…
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Democrats Need to Realize How Much Dobbs Mattered
Support for abortion rights appears to have been a major factor in the midterm elections, helping Democrats fare much better…
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Twitter Was Influential in the Pandemic. Are We Better for It?
Twitter’s user base is modest compared with those of Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, yet its impact on society has been…