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A Reporter at Large
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The Man Who Refused to Spy

The F.B.I. tried to recruit an Iranian scientist as an informant. When he balked, the payback was brutal.

Our Local Correspondents
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The Schools That Didn’t Closed

What can we learn from regional enrichment centers, which hastily opened just before the peak of the coronavirus pandemic?

Profiles
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The Many Faces of Ethan Hawke

The actor’s long, freewheeling career has been a chart of his restlessness and his recklessness.

Campaign Chronicles
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How Trump’s Mobile App Collects Huge Amounts of Voter Data

The app, which was developed by the ad broker and software company Phunware, gathers users’ data in an invasive way reminiscent of the methods of Cambridge Analytica.

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Nicole Krauss on the Drama of Desire

The author discusses “Switzerland,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine.

California Chronicles
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The Crisis in the Skies of San Francisco

The West Coast’s wildfires, and the ecological crisis they portend, have never been more visible.

Cultural Comment
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Jessica Krug, the Black-Studies Professor Who Hid That She Is White

During her scholastic career, Krug’s advisers, editors, and colleagues failed to recognize the gap between something thrown-on and something lived-in. That inattentiveness was her escape hatch.

The Sporting Scene
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Naomi Osaka Wins One of the Best U.S. Open Finals in Years

With a change of tactics, Osaka came from behind to defeat Victoria Azarenka in a match that featured terrific hard-court baseline tennis.

Personal History
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Notes on Grief

I last saw my father in person on March 5th, just before the coronavirus changed the world.

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A Challenging Puzzle

Oscar-winning portrayer of Sister Helen Prejean: thirteen letters.

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P.A. System at Trump Rally Accidentally Blasts Woodward Tapes

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“We have no idea how this happened,” one aide said. “Jared was in charge of the playlist.”

September 13, 2020

Repeat After Me

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“I can only be who I am, right now.”

September 13, 2020

Sunday Reading: Creative Innovators

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From The New Yorker’s archive: a selection of pieces about artistic visionaries.

September 13, 2020

“The Broken Hearts Gallery,” Reviewed: A Rom-Com Showcase for the Great Geraldine Viswanathan

Dacre Montgomery and Geraldine Viswanathan sing karaoke and look at each other at a party

The film, directed by Natalie Krinsky, relies on a concept so high that it rarely touches the ground.

September 12, 2020

Racism, Contagion, and the Dangers We Pose to One Another

People draw a "No Forced Shots" message on the street in chalk.

The author of “On Immunity: An Inoculation” discusses the best way to talk to vaccine skeptics, the connections between racism and contagion, and herd immunity.

September 12, 2020
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Tables for Two
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Touchstones of El Salvador in New York

At Pupusas Ridgewood, in Queens, and Mirna’s Pupuseria, in Brooklyn, find griddled masa cakes, cashew-fruit juice, and other transportative treats.

Books
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When a Virus Becomes a Muse

Hervé Guibert wrote about the ravaging of AIDS in controversial, self-exposing, always defiant fiction. A revival of his work places it within the canonical literature of illness.

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Further Revelations from Bob Woodward’s “Rage”

The American public finally learns what’s under the comb-over.

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“Switzerland”

“In the brightness of the flame I caught her eyes, and for the first time I felt afraid for her. Or afraid of her, maybe.”

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How Will Americans Vote During a Crisis?

Susan B. Glasser breaks down three previous elections where an incumbent sought reëlection during a national catastrophe.

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What to Do with a Confederate Monument?

A Talbot Boys monument being pulled in both directions.

A small town struggles with a statue honoring men who fought for secession and slavery, and with the meaning of its history. Plus, the long shadow of Richard Wagner on modern culture.

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