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How El Salvador’s authoritarian leader loomed over Colombia’s Presidential race
The R. & B. megastars seem to think their genre needs saving. But from what?
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings
In D.C. and the Dakotas, at rodeos and powwows, celebrating the country means taking in pride and disappointment and fellow-feeling
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings
In David Robert Mitchell’s film, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, a family is endangered not only by dinosaurs but also by the director’s penchant for Spielbergian nostalgia
At Cynthia, an emphasis on low-waste cooking yields a menu of thrilling abundance
A tiny motor of pleasure had started to hum away inside her, but she was aware, too, of a flash of scorn. How easy it had been to arouse his admiration!
Ella Langley’s chart-topping lament is about what everyone wants to do in mid-August: give in and let go
In Patagonia, los puesteros look after other people’s livestock for not very much money, and sometimes go months without seeing anyone else
After last year’s bobblehead-giveaway frenzy, the team is bringing Jason Alexander’s “Seinfeld” character back—this time, with a calzone
A bevy of cultural sacraments marks our passage into adulthood, but the yawning decades beyond it unspool without ceremony