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The former White House communications director reflects on his record for occupational brevity being broken
Alex Gibney, the director of the new documentary “Musk,” on how the richest man in the world consolidated his power—and now wields it with abandon
An exploration of identity and transformation, this article delves into the author's unique experience of feeling a deep connection to horses, reflecting on the boundaries between human and animal existence.
Why do so many new films have plots and structures that make reviews a delicate dance of hints and secrets?
No one thinks Russian diesel can save the Republicans, so why is the President doing it?
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings
The alleged perpetrators in the “Cornell Seven” case were doxed. But so was the victim. And the person who doxed her. And people with no connection to the case at all
The midterms could deliver a major victory for Democrats. What would that tell us about Trump’s hold on the country—and the party hoping to succeed him?
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings
John Field and Adelaide Percheron, the protagonists in my new book, were born in the eighteenth century. Was I writing a historical novel?
The Modi government has removed more than a hundred million people from voter rolls and is cracking down on a vigorous protest movement
In a new series featuring security-camera stills of suspected shoplifters, the photographer seems more interested in the surface than in the soul