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A Historical Novel That Is Also a Mash-Up of the Centuries
Adam Thirlwell’s “The Future Future” follows a 19-year-old socialite through a prerevolutionary Paris that looks suspiciously like our present day.
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Did the C.I.A. Kill Patrice Lumumba?
In “The Lumumba Plot,” the Foreign Affairs editor Stuart A. Reid asks whether the Central Intelligence Agency was involved in…
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A History of Chinese Food, and a Sensory Feast
Fuchsia Dunlop’s “Invitation to a Banquet” is a cultural investigation of an impossibly broad and often misunderstood cuisine.
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Down the Rabbit Hole With Miffy
Hordes of young adults in North America are embracing joy and childhood nostalgia with Miffy, a poker-faced, fictional, Dutch bunny.
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Hamas and the Moral Failure of Our Institutions of Higher Learning
We have failed. When a coalition of 34 student organizations at Harvard can say that they “hold the Israeli regime…
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Business Leaders Face a Dilemma Over ‘Davos in the Desert’
The Future Investment Initiative kicks off in Riyadh next week, with questions swirling over who will attend and who will…
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India’s Top Court Rejects Gay Marriage, While Voicing Sympathy
Though it expanded the definition of discrimination, the ruling was a sharp setback for petitioners seeking a landmark victory on…
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These Amphibians Have a Taste for Their Mom’s Skin
Caecilians are the first amphibians known to pass on their microbiomes to their offspring.
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Longer Commutes, Shorter Lives: The Costs of Not Investing in America
Every morning in21st-century America, thousands of people wake up and prepare to take a cross-country trip. Some are traveling for…
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Justice Barrett Calls for Supreme Court to Adopt an Ethics Code
In a wide-ranging interview at the University of Minnesota that was disrupted temporarily by demonstrators, the justice said that ethics…