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NAPOLEON COMPLEX
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NAPOLEON COMPLEX

Does Ridley Scott see himself in the hero of his epic new film?

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November 13, 2023
CARLOS GOFFMÁN, (EL GUAPO) FACT CHECKER
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CARLOS GOFFMÁN, (EL GUAPO) FACT CHECKER

During a period of incarceration scheduled to last fifty years to life, Carlos (El Guapo) Goffmán, the former drug lord, has started a new career as a fact checker and researcher to earn cigarette money in prison. Authorities have looked the other way at Goffmán’s nonobservance of the rule against inmate cell-phone use, but have recorded his end of the calls.

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November 13, 2023
DEPT. OF SCIENCE REINVENTING THE DINOSAUR
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DEPT. OF SCIENCE REINVENTING THE DINOSAUR

A documentary renews our fascination with our feared and loved precursors.

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November 13, 2023
THE ORGANIZER
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THE ORGANIZER

How Bayard Rustin managed the civil-rights movement.

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November 13, 2023
The Critics – Books– Trapped
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The Critics – Books– Trapped

The life and death of Tupac Shakur

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October 30, 2023
LOOSE LIPS
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LOOSE LIPS

Clandestine affairs in Fellow Travelers.”

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November 06, 2023
MASTERING
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MASTERING

“The Killer” and The Holdovers.”

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November 06, 2023
THE BRUNCH BUNCH
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THE BRUNCH BUNCH

Stephen Sondheim’ last musical, Here We Are,” at the Shed.

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November 06, 2023
THE BELIEVER
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THE BELIEVER

Did Mitt Romney save his soul?

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November 06, 2023
BOXED OUT
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BOXED OUT

The passing of prestige TV

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November 06, 2023
ON THE LINE
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ON THE LINE

The future of American labor politics

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November 06, 2023
The Ghosts of Gloria Lara
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The Ghosts of Gloria Lara

Before that year, I knew nothing about Colombia—nothing real. I was eleven and too focussed on the Dominican Republic I’d left behind and on my own immigrant bullshit to worry about anywhere else

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November 06, 2023
LAST WATCH
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LAST WATCH

In a technological age, lighthouse devotees renew an ancient tradition

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November 06, 2023
THROUGH THE SMOKE
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THROUGH THE SMOKE

The aftermath of the Maui wildfires

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November 06, 2023
"My Name is Barbra," Excerpted
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"My Name is Barbra," Excerpted

With her long-awaited memoir, Barbra Streisand offers a funny and frank look at her career, six decades in

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October 30, 2023
A Reporter at Large: Hot Air
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A Reporter at Large: Hot Air

Carbon offsets are sold as a fix for climate catastrophe—but brands have paid millions for worthless credits.

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October 23, 2023
American Chronicles: The Pitchfork of History
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American Chronicles: The Pitchfork of History

Beyond the myth of rural America.

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October 23, 2023
REORIENTING "BUTTERFLY"
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REORIENTING "BUTTERFLY"

At Detroit Opera, a new production subverts Puccini’ depiction of Japan.

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October 30, 2023
EYE FOR AN EYE
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EYE FOR AN EYE

Henry Taylor and the fraught art of seeing.

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October 30, 2023
DRILLING DOWN
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DRILLING DOWN

“Killers of the Flower Moon.”

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October 30, 2023
CHINA'S AGE OF MALAISE
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CHINA'S AGE OF MALAISE

Facing a grim economy, disillusioned youth, and fleeing entrepreneurs, Xi Jinping turns to the past

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October 30, 2023
THE WRESTLER
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THE WRESTLER

How Jim Jordan prosecutes Trump's conspiracy theories in Congress.

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October 30, 2023
NEEDFUL THINGS
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NEEDFUL THINGS

The raw materials for the world we've built come at a cost.

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October 30, 2023
IF NOT NOW, LATER
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IF NOT NOW, LATER

What gardening offered after a son's death

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October 30, 2023
Personal History – Under the Carpetbag
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Personal History – Under the Carpetbag

A sixty-year friendship.

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October 16, 2023
PREACHER MAN
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PREACHER MAN

Leslie Odom, Jr., stars in \"Purlie Victorious.\"

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October 09, 2023
THIS IS FINE
The New Yorker

THIS IS FINE

Ed Ruscha's calmly collapsing America.

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October 09, 2023
SONGS OF SURRENDER
The New Yorker

SONGS OF SURRENDER

The musical legacy of a notorious Mississippi prison.

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October 09, 2023
CHICAGO IS BURNING
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CHICAGO IS BURNING

The blaze that ravaged a metropolis, and the lies that it launched.

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October 09, 2023
FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTERS
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FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTERS

Writers reimagine Mary Shelley and the monster she created.

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October 09, 2023