CULTURE
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Emily Nussbaum on the Beginnings of Reality TV
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The American Election That Set the Stage for Trump
In a new book, “When the Clock Broke,” the writer John Ganz examines how the politics of the Trump years…
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A Succession Battle Over America’s Largest Ren Faire
There are few filmmakers more curious about the emotional lives of the elderly than the wunderkind documentarian Lance Oppenheim. In…
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An Unexpected Turn in the Evangelical Culture Wars
On Wednesday, in Indianapolis, the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant body in the United States, rejected a proposed ban…
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Charli XCX Toys with Stardom on “BRAT”
Halfway through Charli XCX’s new album, “BRAT,” the British pop star delivers a lyric that is “pop” in neither form…
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Daily Cartoon: Thursday, June 6th
“There’s no way to opt out of messages in an election season.” Source link
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What Israel’s Leaders Can’t—or Won’t—Say About Biden’s Ceasefire Announcement
On Friday, President Joe Biden publicly called on Hamas to agree to what he said was an Israeli ceasefire proposal…
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The Trans Athletes Who Changed the Olympics—in 1936
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A Brilliant Neglected Novel About the Search for a Lost Older Lover
Edmund White’s “Nocturnes for the King of Naples” opens with the most remarkable account of cruising I know. By cruising…
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The Vatican’s Statement on Gender Is Unsurprising, and a Missed Opportunity
The arc of Vatican rhetoric on sexual issues is long, and it doesn’t bend much at all. On October 30,…
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