CULTURE
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Restaurant Review: Bistrot Ha | The New Yorker
A little more than a year ago, after running a successful pop-up called Ha’s Đặc Biệt, the chefs Sadie Mae…
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“If We Don’t Have Free Speech, Then We Just Don’t Have a Free Country”
By all means, let’s cheer these heartening signs of the backbone and integrity of everyday Americans in the face of…
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“Wuthering Heights” Movie Review: Emerald Fennell’s Adaptation
Catherine and Heathcliff—now played by Robbie and Elordi—will prove each other’s undoing as well. Fennell teases out the tricky evolution…
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Ben Shapiro Is Waging Battle Inside the MAGA Movement
The conservative commentator on the antisemitism in MAGA media and why he condemns President Trump as corrupt yet sticks with…
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What Happens When the Snow Doesn’t Melt?
The other day, at the intersection of 174th Street and Broadway, in Washington Heights, I met Joshua Goodman, a deputy…
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Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion
In September, the company floated shares on the stock market, capitalizing in another way on the cachet of the Trump…
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Till Lauer’s “Targeted” | The New Yorker
For the cover of the February 9, 2026, issue, the artist Till Lauer evokes the recent killings of civilians by…
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Witnessing Another Public Killing in Minneapolis
“They killed another guy,” someone announced, in my group chat. That message was followed quickly by a link to a…
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The 2026 Oscar Nominations and What Should Have Been Picked
Wes Anderson (“The Phoenician Scheme”) Ryan Coogler (“Sinners”) Kleber Mendonça Filho (“The Secret Agent”) Josh Safdie (“Marty Supreme”) First, the…
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker
Atlas’s Bones, by D. Vance Smith (Chicago). Encompassing Africana studies, medieval scholarship, historiography, and philosophy, this book surveys centuries of…
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