CULTURE

“The Chronology of Water” Is an Extraordinary Directorial Début

But get away Lidia does, and, finally free of paternal authority, she’s out of control: drinking and taking drugs, partying…

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What Makes the Iranian Protests Different This Time

Previous protests were not as big there? No, not at all. And this is a huge blow to the regime…

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Reading for the New Year: Part Two

To start the new year, New Yorker writers are looking back on the last one, sifting through the vast number…

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The Folly of Trump’s Oil Imperialism

Watching Donald Trump’s press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, in which he said that the U.S. would “run” Venezuela and…

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A Reckoning for the Stalled Gaza Peace Plan

On Monday, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet at Mar-a-Lago in what may be the…

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Trump, Epstein, and the Women

Trump’s attitude toward women was never unclear. As a businessman on the make for publicity, he was always eager to…

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Trump Dishonors the Kennedy Center

On October 26, 1963, just four weeks before he was assassinated, John F. Kennedy travelled to Amherst College to honor…

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What to Read Before Your Trip to Atropia

“Pastoralia,” the title story in this collection, is about two people who work in a theme park, pretending to be…

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