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So it was telling that the only victory on the floor that Democrats scored during the hours of drama this week leading up to ...

“A victory, basically, for Combs.” A reflection on the trial of Sean Combs, in which the rapper was acquitted of the most ...

On “Virgin,” her fourth and latest album, Lorde examines the myths that make up her identity. This introspection comes after ...

Song of the summer” is a complex characterization—it’s not simply the most popular track of the season (that’s likely to be ...

For a long stretch of his life, Daddy had two women to nurture him—Mrs. Williams and my mother—but Our Ma had only one ...

In an era that rewards online authenticity, political leaders are becoming the new influencers-in-chief.

With the “Big Beautiful Bill” in flux, and federal funds for gender-affirming care hanging in the balance, protections for ...

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A seventy-million-dollar renovation beautifully presents the museum’s non-Western art—even if doubts remain about whether all ...

My Sharon is dealing with “the Change,” which seems also to be on Paley’s mind in “My Father.” (“We should probably begin at ...

As some Wall Street billionaires melt down over Zohran Mamdani’s policy platform, a prominent progressive economist argues ...