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The New Light Is Bad

There's something off about LED bulbs-which will soon be, thanks to a federal ban, the only kind you can buy.

UPCOMING LANDMARKS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

SHOUTS & MURMURS

GENTLEMAN'S GAME

\"Great Expectations,\" on Hulu.

BLUES MEN

\"Hang Time,\" by Zora Howard.

AMERICAN CHRONICLES DATA-DRIVEN

Machines have given powerful way of knowing things. There are others.

ANNALS OF RELIGION UNDER GOD

How Christian is Christian nationalism?

THE STORY GOES

The shape-shifting fictions of Kelly Link.

LONG DIVISION

How the East German novelist Brigitte Reimann electrified socialist realism.

THE OZEMPIC ERA

Will new medications change how we think about being fat and being thin?

Minority Report

I dream often of a man I knew more than thirty years ago. When I say “knew,” that is not accurate; I barely I than thirty years ago. When I say “knew,” that is not accurate; I barely knew him at all.

COSTUME DRAMA

J. Crew and the paradoxes of prep.

SEEING THINGS

Sebastian Barry's Irish marvels.

PLEASE INVITE ME TO YOUR PARTY

I’m a great guest. For one, I will appreciate all your deep cleaning. The baseboards you scrubbed, the silverware you polished to a high gleam, the corners you awkwardly maneuvered the Swiffer into, to sweep the last crumbs and bits of cat hair out of sight.

PINS AND NEEDLES

How Demna engineered the rise— and near-fall—of the house of Balenciaga.

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

\"Inside\" and \"What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?\"

GEORGIA ON OUR MIND

The musical \"Parade\" revisits the charged trial of Leo Frank.

GHOSTS ON THE STAGE

Pina Bausch's legacy.

HIVE MIND

\"Swarm,\" on Prime Video.

DRAWING BOARD

The graphic designer Milton Glaser made America cool again.

Τimes of the Sign

The Hollywood sign began its life, fittingly enough, as a flashy billboard no more permanent than a film set. In the 100 years since. it has been rebuilt, rebranded, and reborn as a beacon for aspiring stars from around the world and a reminder of just how few dreams of fame and fortune come true.

A Gut-Renovated Doll's House

Jessica Chastain stars in Jamie Lloyd's very bare staging.

The Group Portrait: Kettled, Then Vindicated

The city is making a historic payout to George Floyd protesters.

Good Talk

Can conversation save our souls?

Books – Abolish the Poor

Matthew Desmond argues that poverty persists because we let it.

A Little-Known Planet

An entomologist races to find caterpillars before they disappear.

PAY DIRT

Leafing through the seed catalogues.

GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN

Three years ago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened a blockbuster exhibition by Gerhard Richter one of the most important artists working today that was shuttered by the pandemic after only nine days.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

More than half of abortions in the United States are accomplished with pills, rather than with surgeries.

FALSE STAR

Sterling Holy White Mountain

CLOSE LISTENING

Jessica Chastain stars in \"A Doll's House.\"