CULTURE
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The Illusion of Joe Manchin’s “Common Sense”
How an old cliché has been warped and weaponized in contemporary American politics. Source link
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White House Job Openings | The New Yorker
Executive Chef$17.50/hourAs the executive chef, you will be called upon to feed the President and make sure that he has…
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A Major Advance in the Search for Life on Mars
In June, 2024, Perseverance, a NASA rover sent to collect samples on the surface of Mars, came upon a cluster…
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“Cashing Out” Examines an Investment Strategy That Profited from AIDS Deaths
As grateful as I am to the director Matt Nadel for making “Cashing Out,” a vital and outstanding film about…
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What’s the Deal with U.F.O.s?
I ran these notions by Arlan Andrews, a retired mechanical engineer and author who is the founder and director of…
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Reëxamining the American Dream in “The Last Carnival”
Watch “The Last Carnival.” Away from the rides and games of a busy fairground is another world. A group of…
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Do State Referendums on Abortion Work?
On Election Day last November, supporters of reproductive rights in Missouri were quietly hopeful. For more than two years, abortion…
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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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