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The French Connection

Manet and Degas had a long, often petty friendship. The result was modern art.

I AM PIZZA RAT - HAN ONG

At the San Mateo Community Center, a sign tacked up at the end of the hallway says \"If you're here for FALLING, NATURALLY you've walked too far. Go back. It's the middle door.\" On closer inspection, the comma turns out to be some schmutz or stray ink.

LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO: Spectacular Fall

The city was on top, until it wasnt. But how broken 1s it, really?

Terms and Conditions

We (hereafter \"I\") have updated our (hereafter \"my\") Terms and Conditions. If you do not consent to them, you cannot continue to enjoy the privileges and perks of being friends with me, Patty (\"In the friendship business for over sixty years!\"TM).

ANNALS OF LAW: Fierce Attachments

How foster parents are battling birth families for custody.

Behind a Locked Door

As a girl in Austria, Evy Mages was sent to a mysterious villa where a doctor performed cruel experiments. Decades later, she learned why.

THIN ICE

\"Anatomy of a Fall.\"

CLOSE TO HOME

Reckoning with history on \"Reservation Dogs.\"

MELTING POT

Jocelyn Bioh's comedy \"Jaja's African Hair Braiding.\"

LONG EXPOSURE

In Teju Cole's new novel, a photographer trains his lens on art's trespasses.

CRYPTOBALL

Michael Lewis’ big contrarian bet on Sam Bankman-Fried.

THE SHADOW ARMADA

China has expanded a fleet of far-flung fishing vessels. This has come at grave human cost.

TRIAL BY COMBAT

Inside the White House's battle to keep Ukraine in the fight.

The Parent Trap

Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's family bubble.

Nepo Baby

Hey, guys! There’s been a lot of discussion going on lately and I just wanted to clear the air. I totally understand that people think I got my job because of my dad, but I definitely would have still been the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ even if my dad wasn’t God. Everyone says I would have been the Son of God even if I weren’t the son of God.

You've Been Served

One lawyer's mission to find the lies in what we eat.

MOM GENES

Michelle Buteau's caring comedy.

PLANT LIFE

Rebecca Gilman's \"Swing State\" and Theresa Rebeck's \"Dig.\"

VALHALLA-ON-THAMES

A new \"Rheingold\" exemplifies a troubled but feisty London scene.

YOU RULE

If democracy is ailing, how best to heal it?

IN OTHER WORDS

J. M. Coetzee's interlingual romance.

DIGITAL MEMORY

The emotionally haunted electronic music of Oneohtrix Point Never.

ANNALS OF GASTRONOMY RED SHIFT

Is an all-meat diet what nature intended?

THEY CAME BY NIGHT

\"A Haunting in Venice\" and \"El Conde.\"

BODIES AT REST

Annie Baker's \"Infinite Life.\"

THE MOTHER TRAP

Everyone's talking about \"mom rage,\" but what is it?

TRUE WEST

How Larry McMurtry defined and undermined the idea of Texas.

CONCEALED CARRY

What's really in your pocket?

MAKEOVER

Building a billion-dollar beauty brand in the influencer

THE NARROW WAY: LILIANA COLANZI

The Devil can be a cloud, a shadow, a gust of wind that shakes the leaves. He can be the nightjar flying across the sky or a reflection on the surface of the river.