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How New Yorkers Push the Limits
Good morning. It’s Wednesday. We’ll take a quick look at limits — speed limits and time limits — prompted by…
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Shutting the Door on the Hard-Knock Life
Getting to play Cinderella in a Broadway revival of “Into the Woods” sounds like a young musical theater performer’s dream,…
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In the Late ’70s, Teen Punks Ruled New York. These Are Their Stories.
The year was 1977, and the first generation of New York City punk and alternative bands had moved on to…
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Barrington Stage Company Names Alan Paul as Artistic Director
The Barrington Stage Company announced Wednesday that Alan Paul, the associate artistic director of the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington…
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Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington
A few years ago, Zachary Woolfe, a New York Times critic and editor, posed a question: What are the five…
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Jennette McCurdy Is Ready to Move Forward, and to Look Back
When Jennette McCurdy was 16, she was in her third year on “iCarly,” the hit teen sitcom on Nickelodeon. Millions…
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Trump Has Big Plans for 2025
As he contemplates a third straight run for the presidency, Donald Trump has a multimillion-dollar political machine and a network…
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The Bad Faith of the New Religious Right
Produced by ‘The Argument’ The sweeping rise of Christian nationalism on the right has taken extreme forms since the election…
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This Is How the U.S. Will Stand With Taiwan
Vladimir Putin’s brutal attack on his Ukrainian neighbors has sparked global outrage — and forged unprecedented unity — among the…
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American Democracy Is Not the Beacon It Once Was for Africa’s Elite
NAIROBI — A Kenyan friend of mine who graduated from Harvard Business School recently told me that the United States…