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The New Antisemitism

HOW AN ANCIENT HATRED HAS REINVENTED ITSELF IN THE MODERN WORLD

Myanmar's war with itself

Neither strong enough to win nor damaged enough to lose

TRUMP'S MANY TRIALS

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Women of the Year

12 extraordinary leaders building a more equal future

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

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.

Ramy Youssef

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

FORGING AN ASIAN EPIC

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

American Cowardice

Scot Peterson, condemned as the "Coward of Broward," stood by as a slaughter unfolded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Does the blame lie with him, his training or a society in denial about what it would take to stop mass shootings?

Meet Me in the Eternal City

Silicon Valley has always dreamed of building its own utopias. Who's ready to move in?

IN DEFENSE OF WOODROW WILSON

Despised as a racist by today's left and a tyrant by today's right, the 28th president championed a set of values that our politics sorely lack.

The Disorienting Beauty of "Africa & Byzantium"

A landmark exhibition offers a new history of art.

Lost Photographs of Black America

Ernest Cole was born in 1940 to a Black family in the Eersterust township, near Pretoria, South Africa.

Raina Telgemeier Gets It

The wildly successful cartoonist turned the anxious kid into a hero.

How Marilynne Robinson Reads Scripture

In her hands, the Book of Genesis becomes a precursor to the novel.

The James Bond Trap

Ian Fleming created the superspy and then couldn't get rid of him.

Shelf Life

An incisive satirist of literary Brooklyn takes on the American big-box store.

The Radical Self-Awareness of Michael R. Jackson

He's become one of the most surprising and incisive-and misunderstood-social critics of our time.

The Curious Case of the Contested Basquiats

Twenty-five \"masterpieces,\" an FBI raid, and the maddening, sometimes impossible task of rooting out fakes and forgeries

THE DESPOTS OF SILICON VALLEY

The tech world has its own ascendant political ideology, and it's past time we call it what it is.

A Cloud Still Hangs Over East Palestine

Residents were forced to flee after a train derailment spilled toxic chemicals in their small Ohio town a year ago. Despite assurances from authorities, those who have returned remain fearful for their health

Watch Your Step

If you're not walking 10,000 steps a day, are you doing enough to stay healthy? We take a look at the theory behind the number

Jodie Foster

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A JODIE FOSTER RENAISSANCE. THE TWO-TIME Oscar winner is not only starring in one of the hottest limited series on TV right now, HBO's True Detective: Night Country, but also picked up yet another Oscar nomination for her performance in Netflix's Nyad.