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R.I.P., W.F.H.? Not So Fast.
When the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the U.S. economy three years ago, workers and their employers adjusted astonishingly well to…
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Review: In ‘Shucked,’ a Glut of Gleeful Puns and ‘Cornography’
A countrified musical about corn, and filled with it, too, transplants itself to Broadway, with songs by Brandy Clark and…
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Magazine
Gary Indiana Doesn’t Travel in Any Circles
The author of “Rent Boy” and “Do Everything in the Dark” reflects on a life of writing and art.
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A Beauty Brand That Turns Self-Improvement Into a Nightmare
In Ling Ling Huang’s debut, “Natural Beauty,” a woman discovers that there are horrors lurking beneath the surface of a…
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Fear of an A.I. Pundit
Nick Bostrom’s 2014 book, “Superintelligence,” a crucial text for the community of worriers about the risks of artificial intelligence, begins…
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An Open Letter to Governor Lee on the Slaughter of Our Children
NASHVILLE — Dear Gov. Bill Lee, For more than 24 hours, I waited for you to speak to the people…
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Mona Simpson’s Fiancé Promised to Read ‘Middlemarch.’ He Never Did. Now He’s Her Ex.
What books are on your night stand? On my night stand? They’re crowded out by 15 pairs of reading glasses!…
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Have a Question About Preparing for the Next Pandemic? Ask the Experts.
Three years after our lives were upturned by the Covid-19 pandemic, questions remain. What have we learned? What about our…
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Four Experts on Tech Hiring Talk About Where the Jobs Are
If artificial intelligence were going to cause mass unemployment, you would expect to see it happen first in the tech…
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World
What We Know and Don’t Know About the Origins of Covid
Scientists and spy agencies have tried to determine where the coronavirus originated, but conclusive evidence is hard to come by…