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Dispatches From the Border, Part 1
We joined our colleagues as they set out on a trip of nearly 2,000 miles along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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An audio series following Rukmini Callimachi as she reports on the Islamic State and the fall of Mosul. This series includes disturbing language and scenes of graphic violence.
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CreditMiranda Barnes for The New York Times ‘Charm City’: A Family Searches for Answers After a Fatal Police Shooting in Baltimore
A five-part audio series about a Baltimore teenager who was killed by the police and a grieving family still searching for answers.
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Five Essential ‘Dear Sugars’ Episodes
As our final season draws to a close, we’ve compiled a list of our most memorable episodes from the last year.
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Credit What a Border Sheriff Thinks About the Wall
A sheriff in Arizona tells us how President Trump’s immigration policies have played out in his county, and why his interpretation of the president’s message has changed.
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Credit The Republicans’ Shutdown Strategy
As the shutdown drags into its 20th day, both President Trump and Democratic leaders appear to be doubling down.
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Credit Trump’s Prime-Time Address
The president made a televised appeal to the nation for a border wall, but Democrats showed no signs of giving in.
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Credit Is There a Crisis at the Border?
President Trump says there’s a problem, but it may be one of his own making.
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The president’s abrupt order may have raised important questions about the future of American wars, but it stymied others..
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Kevin Hart. Ellen. Brett Kavanaugh. In the age of #SorryNotSorry, we invite you to start off 2019 with an apology.
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Credit We R-E-S-P-E-C-T Aretha Franklin
We pay our respects to the late, great Aretha Franklin.
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Credit We Spy Two BlacKkKlansmen — and One is Omarosa
Both Ron Stallworth and Omarosa Manigault Newman tell us about the white institutions they infiltrated.
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Credit We Got Goop’d
This week, our friend and colleague, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, chats with us about her viral article, “How Goop’s Haters Made Gwyneth Paltrow’s Company Worth $250 Million.”
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Credit We Give You Our Summer Faves
From tech to treats, tunes to TV, and of course, summer looks, we make some recommendations to help you live your best life in these warmer months.
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His was the defining voice of 2018. What’s next for this Puerto Rican new-pop superstar?
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What did the music, innovations and arguments of 2018 tell us about where the genre is headed next?
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The Popcast wraps 2018 discussing Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, streaming and crying.
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K-pop, Latin trap and melodic hip-hop — once regarded as subgenres — have become the center of the pop conversation.
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The 1975’s millennial anthem, “Shallow” and a lot of Bad Bunny: Why did these tracks define the year in pop?
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Julian Lucas talks about the role of curses in contemporary African literature, and Abby Ellin discusses “Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married.”
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Credit Fugitive Slaves and the Road to the Civil War
Andrew Delbanco discusses “The War Before the War,” and Rob Dunn talks about “Never Home Alone.”
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Credit Tyranny in Rome and Fake Drugs in Fiction
Yascha Mounk discusses Edward J. Watts’s “Mortal Republic,” and Jonathan Lethem talks about the surge of fictional psychotropic drugs in novels.
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Credit Isabel Wilkerson Talks About Michelle Obama’s Memoir
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian discusses the former first lady’s story and the ways in which it dovetails with America’s Great Migration.
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Credit Poetry Meets the Moment(s)
The Book Review’s poetry editor, Gregory Cowles, discusses Tracy K. Smith’s essay about political poetry and more from this week’s special issue.
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What can an 80-year-old widow learn from a Home Shopping Network maverick about pursuing a new love?
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What can one company learn from a high school student about getting employees to show up for work?
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What can a man looking to confront his friend about offensive jokes learn from a former cult member?
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What can a recovering alcoholic learn from a Domino’s Pizza marketing campaign?
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How can learning the secrets of competitive breath holding help a woman fix an online shopping habit?
