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CHINA'S AGE OF MALAISE
The New Yorker

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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10+ mins  |
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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10+ mins  |
October 16, 2023
PREACHER MAN
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PREACHER MAN

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

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5 mins  |
October 09, 2023
THIS IS FINE
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THIS IS FINE

Ed Ruscha's calmly collapsing America.

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6 mins  |
October 09, 2023
SONGS OF SURRENDER
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SONGS OF SURRENDER

The musical legacy of a notorious Mississippi prison.

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7 mins  |
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
HEART
The New Yorker

HEART

Before 2015, I'd never been to Beijing, which is quite odd-an adult who's been working a few years ought to have visited the capital for a meeting or a classmate's wedding or simply to view the corpses of great men. For some reason, anyway. But I never did-a training session in Shenzhen, a business trip to Sichuan, but never Beijing. I never even got as far as Hebei.

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October 09, 2023
BIG LITTLE LIES
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BIG LITTLE LIES

Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino got famous studying dishonesty. Did they fabricate some of their work?

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October 09, 2023
THE GROUP THAT OVERTURNED ROE
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THE GROUP THAT OVERTURNED ROE

Alliance Defending Freedom has won fifteen Supreme Court cases. Now it's targeting trans rights.

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October 09, 2023
CABIN FEVER
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CABIN FEVER

What tradition means at the historic Neshoba County Fair.

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October 09, 2023
OTHER DETECTORS
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OTHER DETECTORS

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October 09, 2023
TOP OF THE LINE
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TOP OF THE LINE

Kwame Onwuachi and the rise of autobiographical cuisine.

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October 09, 2023
American Chronicles – Passages
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American Chronicles – Passages

A trans teen in an anti-trans state.

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October 16, 2023
Epic Proportions
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Epic Proportions

Two new intergenerational sagas explore the American legacy.

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6 mins  |
October 23, 2023
Horny on Main
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Horny on Main

Troye Sivan’ songs of desire.

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5 mins  |
October 23, 2023
Possession
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Possession

What happens when a novelist writes a follow-up to someone else’s novel.

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10 mins  |
October 23, 2023
Get Happy
The New Yorker

Get Happy

The business of contentment.

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October 23, 2023
The French Connection
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The French Connection

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

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8 mins  |
October 23, 2023
I AM PIZZA RAT - HAN ONG
The New Yorker

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.

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October 23, 2023
LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO: Spectacular Fall
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LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO: Spectacular Fall

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

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October 23, 2023
Terms and Conditions
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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).

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October 23, 2023
ANNALS OF LAW: Fierce Attachments
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ANNALS OF LAW: Fierce Attachments

How foster parents are battling birth families for custody.

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October 23, 2023
Behind a Locked Door
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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.

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October 02, 2023
THIN ICE
The New Yorker

THIN ICE

\"Anatomy of a Fall.\"

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6 mins  |
October 16, 2023
CLOSE TO HOME
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CLOSE TO HOME

Reckoning with history on \"Reservation Dogs.\"

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5 mins  |
October 16, 2023
MELTING POT
The New Yorker

MELTING POT

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

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6 mins  |
October 16, 2023