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Newyork
How a Young Activist’s Murder Has Been Gleefully Distorted Online
Because Ryan Carson was a liberal activist, social media trolls blamed his own politics for his death.
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Books
‘Gutenberg! The Musical!’ Review: Revenge of the Broadway Nerds
The history of movable type is a terrible idea for a show. Which is why it’s so on brand for this satire of theater and its eternal hopefuls.
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Books
For Tiya Miles, Girlhood Reading Was ‘My Escape and Joy’
What books are on your night stand? “The Ministry for the Future,” by Kim Stanley Robinson; “Mendings,” by Megan Sweeney; “Against Technoableism,” by Ashley Shew; “Under a White Sky,” by Elizabeth Kolbert; “Reading Territory,” by Kathryn Walkiewicz ...
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Books
Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along,’ Finally Found in the Dark
Jonathan Groff, supported by Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez, is thrillingly fierce in the first convincing revival of the cult flop Sondheim musical.
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Newyork
We Need to Know When to Opt Out of Optimizing
We love to optimize our home lives, to tweak our processes at work, to attain peak efficiency in all things and to squeeze all the juice from all of our lemons. I personally admit to choosing T-shirts “first in first out” — that is, pulling them from ...
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Newyork
Is It Still Worth Going to the Movies?
Until this summer I hadn’t been to the movies in more than 23 years. What I mean is, even though I had seen more movies in that time than just about anyone I know, it had always been for work, part of my job as a film critic for The Times. Even when ...
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Newyork
Why Does the Nobel Committee Overlook Saudi Women Activists?
The Iranian women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi well deserves her Nobel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all ...
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Newyork
After the Rain Comes the Reckoning for the Mayor
Two investigations will consider how the city prepared for and responded to last week’s torrential storm.
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World
How Aligning With China Changed Life in the Solomon Islands
The author of a new book on the diplomatic switch says that ending recognition of Taiwan affected life in unexpected ways across the island nation.
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Newyork
The Most Influential Woman in Fashion
How Miuccia Prada — and Miu Miu — became the muse of the season. Plus a detour through Chanel and Louis Vuitton.