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‘My Lady Jane’ Asks: ‘What if History Were Different?’
A fantastical series about the very short-term 16th century queen Lady Jane Grey takes historical liberties in the name of…
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‘N/A’ Review: For Nancy Pelosi and A.O.C., It’s a House Divided
Is moral leadership possible without parliamentary power? Two very familiar congresswomen battle it out onstage.
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Remembering Norman Mailer and His Thorny Legacy
“How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer” hits on an ingenious structure that avoids hagiography even as it includes friends…
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This Debate, We Could Hear Biden Speak. There His Troubles Began.
The CNN presidential debate kept the volume down, for a change. That didn’t make it more intelligible.
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After the Debate: ‘I Don’t Think Joe Biden Should Be Running’
Three Opinion writers weigh in on the first presidential debate of 2024.
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All the Shelter a New York City School Can Provide
Mary Lauri and Roberto Rodríguez, asylum seekers from Venezuela, heard about Public School 46, in Fort Greene in Brooklyn, from…
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Women Must Be Invited to Shape Afghanistan’s Future
In May 2022, nine months after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan, I visited a girls’ secondary school that was…
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The Voices of A.I. Are Telling Us a Lot
What does artificial intelligence sound like? Hollywood has been imagining it for decades. Now A.I. developers are cribbing from the…
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Experimental Films Fuel ‘Slave Play’ Documentary
The playwright Jeremy O. Harris’s “Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.” wears its intellectual references on its sleeve.
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The Tiniest Words Generate the Biggest Uproar
As a linguist, I pay close attention to debates about language. But I won’t be telling you anything you don’t…