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Ron DeSantis Wants to Tell the Future by Controlling the Past
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida was, along with his state’s Board of Education, embroiled in a controversy over…
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How Did We Do? A Review of 2022 Before Our First Poll of 2023.
Trying to learn from a strong midterm run as we start surveying the G.O.P. primary.
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Ato Blankson-Wood on Playing a Hamlet Who ‘Leads With Love’
The actor is starring in a modern-dress production of the play through Aug. 6 at the Delacorte Theater in Central…
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A Looming Retraction Casts a Shadow Over a Field of Physics
Misconduct allegations are leading scientists to question the work of Ranga Dias, including his claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor.
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Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ Dream Job
The moment Greta Gerwig knew for certain that she could make a movie about Barbie, the most famous and controversial…
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At Two Summer Theater Festivals, Reassuring Signs of Life
The industry is facing challenges, but in western Massachusetts the quality of the works is as rich as ever, our…
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An Exclamatory Playlist!
Wham! Neu! “Oh! Darling” and more artists and songs that make a statement.
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World
Taliban Shut Beauty Salons, One of Afghan Women’s Last Public Spaces
Following through on an order that prompted rare protests in the capital, the Taliban said the services of the women-only…
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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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World
Short-Term Pain for Long-term Gain? Nigerians Buckle Under Painful Cuts.
In his first two months in office, President Bola Tinubu has ripped the Band-Aid off Nigeria’s ailing economy. Time will…