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Dorothy Parker's ashes en route to the reburial.

The Improbable Journey of Dorothy Parker’s Ashes

After two decades in a filing cabinet and three next to a parking lot in Baltimore, the author returns to New York.

Dispatch
A portrait of Paul Whelan with silhouettes of Putin and Trump and the Kremlin looming behind.

An American Prisoner Trapped in Russia

Paul Whelan, who was declared a spy and sentenced to sixteen years in a Russian prison colony, is caught between Putin and Trump.

Letter from Trump’s Washington
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In This Election, Everything Happens and Nothing Matters

If a pandemic that has killed nearly two hundred thousand Americans can't significantly hurt Trump’s support, can anything?

The Sporting Scene
LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Is the N.B.A. Still LeBron James’s League?

After James became basketball’s biggest global superstar, the league seemed to mold itself in his image. But no one rules forever.

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New Polls Suggest the Presidential Race Is Still Joe Biden’s to Lose

Recent polls suggest that President Trump is facing the same basic challenge that confronted the Republican Party in the 2018 midterms: a majority of voters don’t like him or approve of the job he is doing.

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The silhouette of a person standing in front of a shattered store window with the name "Floyd" painting on it

Examining Vicky Osterweil’s Case for Looting

A conversation with the writer and activist, whose new book alarmed liberals and conservatives.

Page-Turner
Figures with prosthetic arms and legs, a person with dwarfism in a wheelchair, in an abstract urban setting.

When the World Isn’t Designed for Our Bodies

A new book argues that disability is a social phenomenon, not a medical one.

Dispatch
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The Streets of Kenosha and the National Stage

After the violence came mourning, defiance, and distortion.

Tables for Two
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Pulkies’s “Jewish-Style BBQ”

The brisket is confited in its own fat and served in a sauce that includes Manischewitz. The sides include honey-butter corn bread and barbecue beans.

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The Weekend Crossword

George Orwell novella with a villain named Napoleon: ten letters.

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Bette Midler on “Coastal Elites”

An illustrated portrait of Better Midler as her character in the show "Coastal Elites"

The actress, along with the screenwriter Paul Rudnick, talks about playing a character close to their hearts: a New Yorker who is educated, funny, and losing her mind over Donald Trump.

September 4, 2020

The Self-Care Essentials of an Essential Worker

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Taking lots of hot baths, dabbling in natural sedatives, and other must-have comforts.

September 4, 2020

How Jerry Falwell, Jr., Spent His Summer Vacation

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Some of the former Liberty University president’s postlapsarian pursuits.

September 4, 2020

The Costs of Male Entitlement

Brett Kavanaugh.

The philosopher and author of “Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women” discusses Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, and what differentiates sexism from misogyny.

September 4, 2020

Daily Cartoon: Friday, September 4th

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Required reading during the pandemic.

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The High Line Reopens, with Tickets

A portion of the elevated park, designed for the pleasures of walking for its own sake, is now available to the city’s masked flâneurs.

Shouts & Murmurs
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How to Reduce Screen Time

There are a number of “digital wellness” apps to help you manage your cell-phone usage, but they won’t punch you in the face. Rocco will.

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The Broom-Sweep Cleaning Out New York Estates

In the world of high-end clearance sales, Alan Bloom is the seeded sandwich roll to Sotheby’s mille-feuille.

Fiction
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“Flashlight”

“Such naked wanting to be wanted made Louisa’s mother even more repellent to Louisa than she generally was.”

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Joe Biden on F.D.R., and Rick Perlstein on Donald Trump

An illustrated portrait of Joe Biden with a shadow of FDR

A sit-down interview with the Democratic nominee. Plus, Rick Perlstein on Goldwater, Reagan, and Trump.

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