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Among the casualties of the Israel-Hamas war: harmony between Black and Jewish Americans

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In Putin’s Russia, the only way that women are equal to men is in the brutality of their punishments

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Growing up Greek in New York City was a double-edged sword—pride in one’s ancestry mixed with fear of the fez

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From Kabul’s Serena to Jerusalem’s King David, war hotels have long served as headquarters and havens for international journalists. In the war in Ukraine, the Kharkiv Palace is the new gathering place

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Under China’s darkening shadow, Taiwan survives on a cocktail of caution and muted defiance

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Male Israeli intelligence officers dismissed warnings from the front lines that a Hamas attack was imminent. It had a lot to do with the fact that the soldiers sounding the alarm were women

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A.I. might be able to save us from the next pandemic—but can it do anything to save Hollywood from mediocrity?

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Ridley Scott’s new movie, Napoleon, is all sabers and sex. But what’s forgotten about the emperor of France is that he was also an enlightened protector of Jews

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It was the worst of times, it was the best of times

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The anti-Semitic reactions in America to the war in Gaza are threatening the country’s most essential compact

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Tel Aviv diary: a visit to Israel in a state of war

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As war simmers across the Middle East, Democrats and Republicans avoid talking about the last disaster the U.S. was involved in: Afghanistan. Both parties share blame for the return of the Taliban

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Israeli intelligence officers saw signs that Hamas was doing something at the Gaza border. They chose to ignore them

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Psych report: Does Xi Jinping have a Mao complex?

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What’s ahead for Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer?

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Everybody hates lawyers, but what if they turn out to be the ones who actually save the planet?

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Throughout Scandinavia, copies of the Koran are being burned. Are the most liberal countries in the world growing intolerant? Or is this simply an example of their broad-mindedness?

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A kaleidoscopic cultural history of drag in New York City revisits the “Pansy Craze” of the 1920s, the Harlem ball scene, Stonewall, and the Broadway stage

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The right immediately embraced Oliver Anthony’s country ballad “Rich Men North of Richmond.” The left wholeheartedly rejected it. Both sides missed the point

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At Bohemian Grove, one of America’s oldest, most secretive men’s clubs, the rich and powerful have long played hard and made everyone else work longer and harder

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Introducing our updated Arts Intel Report travel search resource. It is unlike anything out there now. You must give it a try

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There’s a better way to remember William Friedkin, the witty, generous, and passionately dedicated director of The French Connection and The Exorcist

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Does R.F.K. Jr.’s campaign represent what America is becoming—a strange new land where conspiracy theories rule the day—or is it simply a reflection of the country it’s always been?

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As Israeli protests against Netanyahu’s efforts to tame the courts escalate, military officers talk about a possible pro-democracy coup