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World Cup in Qatar Caps Big Gulf Push Into International Sports
For most of Mariam al-Anezi’s life, it felt as if no one knew where Qatar was. She would tell people…
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Why Are We Still Obsessed With Robert Moses?
It is a wonder of some kind and a sign of the city’s renewed vibrancy that night after night, hundreds…
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There Are No Lone Wolves
Sometime in May 2020, Payton Gendron, a 16-year-old in upstate New York, was browsing the website 4chan when he came…
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Trump, Macho Macho Victim
WASHINGTON — Among many remarkable moments in the past few days, this was my favorite: Donald Trump finally acknowledged that…
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Twitter Was Influential in the Pandemic. Are We Better for It?
Twitter’s user base is modest compared with those of Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, yet its impact on society has been…
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Facebook Is a Freak Show Ghost Town, and I’m Loving It
Now that Elon Musk’s takeover has hastened the demise of Twitter, many are grasping for alternatives to their beloved town…
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Battered School Holds Memories of Collective Trauma in a Ukrainian Village
YAHIDNE, Ukraine — The elementary school’s former custodian carefully turned the key to the green door leading to the basement…
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Brooklyn’s in the House. And the Senate.
In the Jonathan Lethem novel “Motherless Brooklyn,” readers learn the phrase “Tell your story walking.” It’s a quintessentially Brooklyn ...
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How a Cheesemonger Spends His Sundays
“Cheese is a celebration,” said Matthew Cortellesi, the manager of “formaggi e salumi” (cheese and cured meats) at Harry’s Table…
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With nearly half of Ukraine’s energy grid knocked out, Zelensky says 17 regions face a ‘difficult situation.’
As temperatures drop into the 30s Fahrenheit and winter closes in, Ukraine is grappling with energy supply problems caused by…