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A Monk’s Life in Turmoil in Tibet

Dongtuk’s home town was known for self-immolations. How would he choose to live?

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Is It Time to Defund the Department of Homeland Security?

In recent years, the department’s enforcement agenda—including the recent incursion in Portland—has fallen into the direct service of President Trump’s reëlection efforts.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Delivers a Lesson in Decency

The language of the U.S. Congress is rarely vivid. In calling a colleague to account on Thursday, the first-term Democrat provided a rare exception.

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Donald Trump.

Trump’s Mental Health Is a Test for America

Why does the President want to raise the issue of his own cognitive capacity in the midst of a campaign he is already losing?

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The Long Game of COVID-19 Research

Warp-speed vaccine trials grab our attention, but more deliberate work is just as urgent.

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Jamaica’s Risky Reopening to Tourism

Opening its borders to American tourists puts the country’s population at risk.

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How Iowa Went from Trump Country to 2020 Battleground

This time around, the decision in Iowa could turn less on particular campaign tactics than on the huge external forces roiling the country.

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The Improbable Charisma of Walter Mercado

A new Netflix documentary explores the life of an astrologer who defied all predictions.

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Perfecting Roast Chicken, the French Way

The method—call it poach-and-roast—is regarded, at least in France, as the best way to insure a moist and not-ruined chicken.

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The Weekend Puzzle

RuPaul, for one: nine letters.

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In Portland, Oregon, Trump Cracks Down on Protests

Silhouettes of federal officers in clouds of smoke caused by tear gas

Why is the President dispatching federal officers to quell largely peaceful demonstrations?

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The Online Movement to #FreeBritney

Britney and Jamie Spears

Fans, concerned about a conservatorship that controls Britney Spears’s estate, have begun parsing her Instagram account for clues about her well-being.

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Who Gets to Be Italian?

A baby reaching out for an Italian passport on a mobile

The children of Black immigrants in Italy are dispossessed by a country that doesn’t offer birthright citizenship. Plus, an economist on whether—and how—to reopen schools.

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Things Abandoned During Quarantine

A door open to a front yard and bright blue skies.

Meditation apps, windowsill green onions, friends, and other things lost at home during the pandemic.

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Daily Cartoon: Friday, July 24th

A group united against the President.

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Eye-Catching Art for an Unprecedented Summer, in “Monuments Now”

The outdoor exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park includes Jeffrey Gibson’s kaleidoscopic ziggurat “Because Once You Enter My House, It Becomes Our House,” performances by indigenous American artists, and more.

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From 1967: Columbia’s Overdue Apology to Langston Hughes

Seven months after the death of the Black writer, Professor James P. Shenton acknowledged at a memorial, “For a while, there lived a poet down the street from Columbia, and Columbia never took the time to find out what he was about.”

Fiction
People in a field.

From 1948: “The Lottery”

“The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Responds to Verbal Abuse by Ted Yoho

In a speech on the House floor, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Ted Yoho’s profane slur on the Capitol steps is part of a larger problem faced by all women.

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Chance the Rapper’s Art and Activism, and the Perils of Prison Reform

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David Remnick talks with the hip-hop star about political change at the local and national levels. And two prison abolitionists talk about reforms that may do as much harm as good.

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