CULTURE
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Local Gems: Cultural Institutions | The New Yorker
On the occasion of our third centenary issue—this one culture-themed—we asked our writers to share one of their most treasured…
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When It’s Acceptable to Be on Speakerphone in Public
You are walking in the woods. A babbling brook, a breeze rustling the leaves, the sweet trill of a chickadee—Mother…
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The High Femme Dystopia of Star Amerasu
If the recent embrace of seemingly—and only seemingly—autonomous machines is any indication, something much less chic than the future premised…
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IRL Brain Rot and the Lure of the Labubu
On a recent quiet weekday morning in Manhattan, I attempted to obtain a Labubu, the cutesy monster doll that has…
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Miriam Toews Reads “Something Has Come to Light”
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“An Open Heart,” by Jamil Jan Kochai
This is the seventh story in this summer’s online Flash Fiction series. Read the entire series, and our Flash Fiction…
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How Much Is Trump Profiting Off the Presidency?
At a press conference on January 11, 2017, President-elect Donald Trump explained for the first time how he would handle the…
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Hollywood’s Conservative Pivot | The New Yorker
“King of the Hill,” the animated sitcom that first ran for thirteen Americana-powered seasons between 1997 and 2010, had a…
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A Decisive Moment for Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
A seemingly innocuous moment in a heated political summer: last Wednesday, Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, was walking outside the…
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Watching the “King of the Hill” Revival from Texas
I came to “King of the Hill” late, during the COVID pandemic. The animated hit co-created by Mike Judge ran…
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