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The Argument of “Afropessimism”

Frank B. Wilderson III sketches a map of the world in which Black people are everywhere integral but always excluded.

A Critic at Large
The Chinatown Squad

The Invention of the Police

Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.

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Supporting Children’s Development During the Pandemic

A clinical psychologist on ideas for teaching during the COVID-19 crisis, and the ways in which parental stress can affect kids’ growth.

Flash Fiction
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Flash Fiction: “Grayness”

“It was a job for every person on the planet to put colors where they ought to be.”

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Campaign Chronicles
Supporters hold signs and listen as former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks.

Jeff Sessions’s Defeat in Alabama, a Final Insult from Donald Trump

The President’s interest in the Republican primary seemed to be about continuing to punish his former Attorney General. He had already cast him out of Washington; now he wanted to bury him.

Cultural Comment
Marian Anderson

When Marian Anderson Defied the Nazis

The African-American contralto gave a brilliant demonstration of her full humanity at a time when white supremacists wanted to deny it.

On and Off the Avenue
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The Slob-Chic Style of the Coronavirus Pandemic

What to wear when there’s nobody to dress up for except your cat—and Zoom.

The Political Scene
Steve Mnuchin

The High-Finance Mogul in Charge of Our Economic Recovery

How Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin became one of the most consequential policymakers in the world.

The New Yorker Documentary
A woman bikes through a forest.

Female Mountain Bikers Explore the Romance of the Crash in “On Falling”

In Josephine Anderson’s short documentary, three athletes talk about what their sport has taught them about transcendence and risk.

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A Moderately Challenging Puzzle

Wharton who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction: five letters.

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The Decadence of an Earlier Age

Back view of two people holding hands in a park.

Exiting the subway, skipping, I rub both my hands along the stairway railings.

7:00 A.M.

Betting on Gas is Definitely Immoral—and Probably Unwise

A door displaying the Dominion Energy logo

The Oracle of Omaha is betting on gas, but in recent days analysts reported that nearly half of all big projects to export liquefied natural gas worldwide are now in trouble.

7:00 A.M.

Al Capone’s Tax Returns

Al Copone's 1928 tax return.

The mobster could have got away with tax evasion, too, had he not done such an incredibly bad job on his tax returns, which have been made public for the first time.

July 15, 2020

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, July 15th

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“Look on the bright side—you could be watching the Mets right now.”

July 15, 2020

Trump Claims Biden Could Never Have a Pandemic As Big As His

US President Donald Trump gestures as he delivers a press conference in the Rose Garden.

Trump said that Biden’s failure to have “any pandemic worth writing home about” makes him a “terrible choice” to be President.

July 15, 2020
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Tables for Two

Goldbelly Ships Iconic Meals to Your Home

The online startup sends meal kits and menu items from beloved restaurants nationwide, from Raoul’s decadent burger au poivre to Veselka’s borscht and pierogi.

Pop Music
The Chicks

Why the Chicks Dropped Their “Dixie”

The all-female country band, which survived an instance of proto-cancel culture for its politics in the past, again wants to meet the current moment.

Dept. of Policing
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A Cop Flipped Him the Bird; He Joined the Police Academy

Keiyon Ramsey’s grandmother told him that Black families should never call the police; now he’s a deputy inspector in the N.Y.P.D., intent on enacting change from within.

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“Jack and Della”

“She couldn’t be seen walking down the street with him without damage to her reputation, a risk a teacher can’t take.”

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For Mountain Bikers, Crashing Has Its Own Allure

Three women in competitive mountain biking examine their relationships with falling, both on and off the course.

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Michaela Coel of “I May Destroy You,” and the State of the Biden Campaign

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Staff writers discuss how the Democratic Presidential candidate is handling one of the most tumultuous periods in modern times. Plus, a conversation with Coel about dramatizing sexual assault on television.

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