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The new Nobel laureate uses finely wrought forms to constrain a terrible excess of feeling
A report from the President’s campaign tour through the formerly safe precincts of red America
In Cristian Mungiu’s drama, a family of conservative Christian immigrants in Norway collide with the progressive values of the European welfare state
Our TV critic on how the original compares to the adaptation
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings
The President’s delay in ending Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans highlights a tension between his nativist agenda and the industries that rely on immigrant labor
Three years after the deadly Hamas-led October 7 attacks in southern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for political survival ahead of legislative elections later this month. Reports that Arab leaders warned him of the assault in advance have undercut his claims that Israel's security chiefs are to blame, but his political base appears to be holding
This morning, the agency urged me to immediately discard my store-bought rotisserie chicken and instead braise a lamb shank in a classic mirepoix
Alexander Chee’s début novel, published twenty-five years ago, collapses past and present in a brilliant account of abuse and its aftermath
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings
Test engineers stage reality, sometimes by extreme means, to make sure airplanes don’t fall apart, children can’t open pill bottles, and bears won’t break into coolers
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings