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A Eulogy for Gawker, the Best and Worst Thing I Ever Made.
“What’s one thing that’s true about you that no one else would believe?” is a recurring prompt on Twitter. I…
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When the Police Are the Government
Earlier this week, I wrote that American policing lies largely outside of democratic control. In practice, despite the formal authority…
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News
Biden’s State of the Union Address Could Use Some Razzle-Dazzle
President Biden will deliver his State of the Union address on Feb. 7, and two things are guaranteed: He’ll declare…
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News
There’s Already a Better Search Engine Than Google. It’s YouTube.
Will ChatGPT kill Google? That’s been the hot question in Silicon Valley since November, when the artificial intelligence company OpenAI…
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World
Brazil’s Lula Promised ‘More Books in Place of Guns.’ Can He Deliver?
In his first terms as president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expanded the scope of who could get published in…
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Sports
Amanda Serrano Knows Exactly Where She Belongs
Amanda Serrano leaned an elbow against a wall at her boxing gym in Brooklyn after a recent workout, massaging her…
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Books
The Fullest View of Vermeer Still Leaves Plenty to the Imagination
A blockbuster exhibition brings together more paintings by the Dutch master than ever before. Yet he remains a mystery, despite…
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World
Corporate Lawyer’s Unlikely Mission: Defend and ‘Humanize’ a Hated Terrorist
Stanislas Eskenazi volunteered with Brussels’ legal aid service, typically helping petty criminals. But now he is representing Belgium’s most-wanted man.
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Business
This Is What It Looks Like to Try to Count America’s Homeless Population
To fix a problem, you need to know its scope. To do that, you need sheriffs, social workers, volunteers, flashlights…
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World
The World’s Newest Country Is Broken and Forgotten. Enter Pope Francis.
It is just over a decade since the steamy capital of South Sudan exploded in joy, with revelers singing and dancing…