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The Art of the Fictional Pop Song

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A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel

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David Armstrong’s Probing Gaze

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Our Longing for Inconvenience

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The Calculated Uplift of “I Swear”

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Donald Trump, Bible-Thumper

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“Mother Mary,” Starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel, Reviewed

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Sharp Claws at “Becky Shaw” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”

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Cory Doctorow on the High Cost of Living with the Ultra-Rich

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A.I. Has a Message Problem of Its Own Making

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TMZ Turns Its Pitiless Lens on Politicians

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How Project Maven Put A.I. Into the Kill Chain

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What Zendaya Leaves Unsaid

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Zara Larsson Gets Her Flowers

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St. Paul Remade Human History. How Did He Do It?

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The Violence in Vermeer

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A Lesson of Vietnam: Getting in Is Easier than Getting Out

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R. Kikuo Johnson’s “Meet-Cute”

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Why I Wanted to Keep My Marriage a Secret, by David Sedaris

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Noah Kahan Makes an Unlikely Home-Town Hero

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