CULTURE
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Donald Trump’s War on Gender Is Also a War on Government
Amid Donald Trump’s recent attacks on transgender people, many critics of his Administration have cited the German pastor Martin Niemöller,…
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How Kim Kardashian’s Robbery Trial Came and Went
The sun hasn’t yet risen in Paris, and I’m waiting outside the Palais de Justice to watch Kim Kardashian testify…
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Ann Goldstein on Keeping English in Mind
When the translator Ann Goldstein—who has helped to bring Elena Ferrante, Primo Levi, and Pope John Paul II to English…
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Restaurant Review: Times Square’s Revolving Restaurant Comes Around Again
Seeing New York City from above—from the upper deck of the Empire State Building, or from the window of an…
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The Mideast Is Donald Trump’s Safe Place
The first thing I ever said to Donald Trump was about Air Force One. When we met for an interview,…
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Trump Voters Are In for a Rude Awakening
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The Spectacle of a Boxing Match in Times Square
On Friday evening, I was texting with a friend when I happened to mention where I was: sitting in the…
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What the Tariffs Have Done to a Fledgling Small Business
In 1965, not long after Lei Nichols was born, in the city of Xi’an, China, her parents sent her to…
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Rumaan Alam and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Female Protagonist
The writer Rumaan Alam has noticed that readers, especially as of late, can be quick to dismiss novels that have…
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