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Intimacy and Magnitude

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan on why Oppenheimer's impact goes far beyond its 13 Oscar nominations

The D.C. Brief

WHEN ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-Cortez erupted on the national stage back in 2018, a lot of establishment Washington braced for the arrival of a Tea Party-style troublemaker from the left. Six years later, that assessment wasn't so much wrong as under-cooked. While the former bartender remains a key ally to the left, AOC's main job in 2024 may be President Joe Biden's most valuable pinch hitter.

Ramy Youssef

Ramy Youssef - The comedian on his new special More Feelings, connecting with the Palestinian cause, and finding laughter in vulnerability

A dual reckoning

ONCE I BECAME A CELEBRITY, MIAMI WAS MY BIGGEST market. Flying in from New York City, I could perform in two clubs in one night. Back then, those gigs paid $10,000, or maybe $12,000. It was good, easy money, and they treated me like the star I had become. I flew first-class, stayed in the best hotels, ate at elegant restaurants.

A stunning Shogun for the 21st century

IT TAKES HUBRIS TO MESS WITH ONE OF THE DEFINING TV events of the 20th century. The original Shogun, a miniseries based on James Clavell's best-selling 1975 doorstop, was a massive hit when it aired on NBC in 1980.

The beauty of blooming late

ON MY SECOND DAY IN L.A., BACK IN 1984, MY car caught on fire and I lost everything. I could have turned around and bought a bus ticket home to St. Louis. Instead, I chose to stay and press on. Forty years later, I'm not only still in Los Angeles, but I've found myself at the Emmys as part of the cast of a nominated TV show.

FORGING AN ASIAN EPIC

A new adaptation of Avatar: The Last Air-bender is a love letter to Asian and Indigenous cultures

DECLASSIFIED - THE SECRET SHARERS

MASS SURVEILLANCE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ARE CHANGING THE SPY GAME. INSIDE AMERICA'S SEARCH FOR A SMARTER WAY TO USE INTELLIGENCE

Women of the Year

12 extraordinary leaders building a more equal future

The New Antisemitism

HOW AN ANCIENT HATRED HAS REINVENTED ITSELF IN THE MODERN WORLD

What we owe 2020-somethings

IN JANUARY 2020, LUIS WAS 21 AND BEGINNING THE second semester of his junior year at a public university in New York City. He lived with family in Queens, and everyone pitched in to make ends meet.

Myanmar's war with itself

Neither strong enough to win nor damaged enough to lose

UKRAINE CAN'T WIN THE WAR

The long-awaited counteroffensive last year failed. Russia has recaptured Avdiivka, its biggest war gain in nine months. President Volodymyr Zelensky has been forced to quietly acknowledge the new military reality. The Biden Administration's strategy is now to sustain Ukrainian defense until after the U.S. presidential elections, in the hope of wearing down Russian forces in a long war of attrition.

5 low-stress ways to start decluttering

NONE OF THE TIDYING clichés ever really clicked with KC Davis, a therapist in Houston and mom to two young kids. \"I've always been a messy person,\" she says. \"I've never been able to 'clean as I go'.\" Davis knew there were plenty of people just like her: those who wanted a serene space but lacked the time and energy to get started. After finding bite-size strategies that worked for her, Davis wrote How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing.

As ice melts, polar bears scrounge for food

Some bears lost up to 3.75 lb. a day

Alexei Navalny

Founding father of the future Russia

Why are we more exhausted than ever?

PEOPLE ARE TIRED. LIKE, REALLY TIRED. AS EVIDENCED by recent trends such as \"Quiet Quitting,\" \"Coffee Badging,\" \"Bare Minimum Mondays,\" and most of all, \"The Great Resignation\" - when over 47 million Americans voluntarily resigned from their positions-people are feeling a strain on more than just their work calendars; they're feeling it on their spirits.

TRUMP'S MANY TRIALS

The first of Trump's criminal trials could be the \"goofiest of all cases\" against him

Lulu Wang The director of The Farewell on her new streaming series Expats, the power of empathy, and the lesson in a search for a salad with cranberries

Your breakout film, The Farewell, about a dying matriarch, asked questions about the difference between American and Chinese values when it comes to things like family and community. What were you trying to explore?

The uncancelable Larry David

IN THE 12TH AND FINAL SEASON OF CURB YOUR Enthusiasm, Larry David-a character based on and played by creator Larry David-pressures a busy hotel housekeeper to fish his glasses out of the toilet. He whines about having to pay a big \"condolence tip\" to a waiter whose mom just died. He muses to his buddy Leon Black (J.B. Smoove), who is Black, \"I wonder if a Black man going to Africa is like a Jew going to Israel.\" He calls Apple's Siri the C word. And that's all in the first episode.

The multiverse of Sarah J. Maas

IT'S 9:30 ON A FREEZING MONDAY NIGHT IN JANUARY and there's a line stretching down the block outside of Manhattan's Book Club Bar. The occasion: a midnight release party for fantasy author Sarah J. Maas' House of Flame and Shadow, the third entry in her Crescent City series. The twist there's always a twist where Maas is concerned-is that Maas is on her way to surprise the throng of almost exclusively female fans willing to wait in the cold to get their hands on her book the minute it becomes available.

WHAT MR BEAST WANTS

Jimmy Donaldson, the world's most successful YouTuber, is playing the long game

Menopause Gets Its Moment

WITH NEW ATTENTION FROM BUSINESS AND MEDICINE, A LIFE STAGE COMES OUT OF THE WINGS

SEARCHING FOR COMMON GROUND

EPA CHIEF MICHAEL REGAN WANTS TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WITH THE ENERGY INDUSTRY'S HELP

THE WAR LAB

HOW TECH COMPANIES JOINED FORCES WITH ZELENSKY'S GOVERNMENT TO TURN UKRAINE'S BATTLEFIELDS INTO A TESTING GROUND FOR MILITARY AI

Rest actually takes hard work

AMERICANS HAVE LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR OUR INDUSTRY and ambition, but until recently, we also recognized the value of rest. The Puritans had a famously strict work ethic, but they also took their Sundays very seriously.

Keep a wary eye on North Korea

OVER THE DECADES, NORTH KOrea's leaders have periodically made bombastic threats of military force against South Korea and its foreign backers, particularly the U.S. and Japan.

THE WAR NOBODY WANTS

The U.S. is creeping toward war in the Middle East. A drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan on Jan. 29 killed three American troops and injured 34 others. A militia supported by Iran claimed responsibility. In retaliation, President Joe Biden ordered 85 strikes in Iraq and Syria and promised more to come, a dangerous escalation that could spiral out of control. Are Americans ready for war? Not at all.

5 ways to deal with climate despair

FORGET CLIMATE ANXIETY: many people are in flat-out climate distress. About two-thirds of Americans (65%) report being worried about global warming, according to a January report from the Yale Program for Climate Communication. One in 10 say they've recently felt depressed over their concerns for the planet, and a similar percentage describe feeling on edge or like they're unable to stop worrying about global warming.

Rooftop solar might be on the verge of collapse

A DECADE AGO, SOMEONE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR TO sell you solar panels would have been selling you solar panels. These days, they are probably selling you a financial product likely a lease or a loan.