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Newyork
Is It Ever OK to Wear Matching Sweats?
A reader wonders whether the Y2K-era staple is cringey — or due for a comeback.
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Newyork
How a Millennial Estée Lauder Built a Widely Popular Beauty Brand
Karissa Bodnar played on her customers’ desire to belong to something bigger than … well, beauty.
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Newyork
The Election No One Seems to Want Is Coming Right at Us
Gail Collins: Hey, Bret, it really is 2024 now. Happy new year. And the race is on! Next week, the Iowa caucuses. After Iowa … Bret Stephens: Le déluge. Gail: OK, I want to hear your thoughts. Any chance Donald Trump won’t be the Republican nominee ...
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Newyork
New York’s Leadership Is Faltering at a Key Moment
David Firestone: Hi, Mara, and welcome to a year that’s going to be full of news about Mayor Eric Adams and the long-term health of New York City. City Hall is playing nothing but defense these days, and it seemed fitting somehow to learn that Adams ...
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Newyork
Baudelaire Would Be Run Over in New York City Today
In his 1863 essay “The Painter of Modern Life,” Charles Baudelaire described the passionate city dweller as “a kaleidoscope gifted with consciousness.” In the French poet’s eyes, the city dweller had a unique opportunity to absorb and mirror the ...
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Newyork
Can $500 Million Save This Glacier?
One day in 2016, a British glaciologist named John Moore attended a meeting in Cambridge, England, that included a presentation about a glacier on Greenland’s west coast. Typically referred to by its Danish name, Jakobshavn, but also known by its ...
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Newyork
How a Nigerian Cuisine Chef Spends His Sundays
Ayo Balogun, the owner of the Dept of Culture restaurant in Brooklyn, devotes Sundays to pancake hunting with his 13 year-old son and art with his partner.
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Books
Mixtapes, T-Shirts and Even a Typeface Measure the Rise of Hip-Hop
For the last year, celebrations of hip-hop’s first five decades have attempted to capture the genre in full, but some early stars and scenes all but disappeared long before anyone came looking to fete them. Three excellent books published in recent ...
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Newyork
Can She Do It?
Patrick Healy: Katherine, the Iowa caucuses are 12 days away — the first chance some Americans will have to vote again for Donald Trump or decide if they want to go in a different direction. Trump has a lead of roughly 30 percentage points in several ...
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News
Will America’s Good News on Inflation Last?
One of the biggest economic surprises of 2023 was how quickly inflation faded. A dig into the details offers hints at whether it will last into 2024.