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Artforum Fires Top Editor After Its Open Letter on Israel-Hamas War
David Velasco was removed after the magazine’s publishers said there was a flawed editorial process behind the publication of a…
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A Landmark of Black Cinema, Restored for a New Age
The British director Horace Ové struggled to get his 1975 film, “Pressure,” made and released. Now, weeks after his death,…
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A Scientist’s Salons in Paris Cater to a Neglected Trait: Curly Hair
With a Ph.D. in chemistry and inspired by her daughter, Aude Livoreil-Djampou is trying to address the dearth of salon…
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Their Sons Went Missing Fighting for Ukraine. They Want Answers.
In a rare show of public criticism in wartime, families of missing Ukrainian soldiers are pressing the government for information…
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The Most Controversial Statue in America Surrenders to the Furnace
Last Saturday in a small foundry, a man in heat-resistant attire pulled down his gold-plated visor, turned on his plasma…
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Mike Johnson Is a Right-Wing Fever Dream Come to Life
Last week, on the eve of his first attempt to become speaker of the House, allies of Representative Jim Jordan…
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Cornel West’s Improvisational Run for President: ‘It’s Jazz All the Way Down’
Is the celebrity professor’s candidacy a wild variable in the 2024 presidential campaign or performance art? Yes, he says.
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Is the Republican Speakership Cursed? Johnson Is About to Find Out.
Kevin McCarthy was just the latest in a series of Republican speakers and speaker wannabes who faced revolts. Speaker Mike…
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As Users Abandon X, Sports Twitter Endures
Many users have migrated to other platforms since Elon Musk bought Twitter, but sports fans still find it indispensable.
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Haunted by Guilt, Vilified Online: A Year After the Seoul Crowd Crush
Over Halloween weekend last year, nearly 160 young people died in a crowd crush in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district…