CULTURE
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Maybe the United States Can Be One of Mark Carney’s “Middle Powers”
It may well have been a bargain worth making for countries such as Canada. But now, since the U.S. has…
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How Do You Write About the Inexplicable?
I’m a rational person. I grew up in a family of scientists. My dad, who studied the brain, told me…
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An Unhappy Anniversary: Trump’s Year in Office
Paper and clocks are associated with first wedding anniversaries, or so the gift guides say. As the United States reaches…
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Bob Weir’s Feral Radiance | The New Yorker
Although Weir was a serious person it was easy to make him laugh. He made you feel when you were…
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The Lights Are Still On in Venezuela
We spent Christmas Eve driving around Caracas, revisiting familiar places, such as San Agustín del Norte, the neighborhood where my…
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Sadia Shepard Reads “Kim’s Game”
The author reads her story from the January 19, 2026, issue of the magazine. Source link
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AllTrails Guide to Cringe Mountain
You can’t get to the land of cool without first climbing cringe mountain.—Erica Mallett, New York Times. Difficulty: HighLength: DecadesOut-and-Back…
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Meet the Artist Keeping MetroCards Alive
In 1994, when the MetroCard made its début, many straphangers were reluctant to say farewell to the subway token. Across…
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How Taylor Swift’s Engagement Ring Is Changing the Diamond Game
In the antique-jewelry scene, the reveal was the equivalent of a Super Bowl victory. “I think I cried,” Marion Fasel,…
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A Mexican Couple in California Plans to Self-Deport—and Leave Their Kids Behind
In 1995, after a couple of years in Mexico, her mother heard that one of Rosalinda’s brothers was getting into…
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