The Next Great American Songwriter Would Prefer to Stay Home
One of the coronavirus pandemic’s many terrible legacies is the slow smothering of ambition in popular culture. In the depths...
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A Print Maestro With a Birdwatcher’s Eye and a Socialist Soul
I’ve noticed that whenever the Whitney Museum of American Art starts hanging the conceptual contrivances of its Biennial upstairs, a...
‘The Dark Knight’ warned us about mass surveillance. In ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ it’s a punchline.
Tom Holland in "Spider-Man: Brand New Day." Jay Maidment/Sony/Marvel"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" is reigniting a debate around surveillance culture.A line...
Syria’s leaders need to prove they can be trusted
Ilan Berman is the senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council. Washington’s rehabilitation of Syria has proceeded at...
‘God’s money’: White House enrages with vow that public cash belongs to evangelicals
A White House official called $4 billion in taxpayer funds being spent to address homelessness “God’s money — a move...
‘Fast’ Review: She’s Got Good Traction
The independent filmmaker Rob Tregenza loves a moving vehicle onscreen, more for how it embodies one person’s drive than out...
A Patient’s Final Breath in a Congolese Ebola Ward
On one side of the Ebola ward, a woman visiting her ailing husband spoke to him through a plexiglass window....
AI rage-baiter, making $10K+ a month duping millions unmasked: ‘I think of things that will emotionally pull on people’
Last week, a young boy called Kevin went viral on Facebook. According to his distraught mother, he’d been sent home...
The culture wars come for the WNBA
Sports are supposed to be fun. Even in this contentious age, that isn’t a controversial notion, is it? I hope...
L’Rain Asks if ‘Experimental’ Music Can Be Far-Reaching
Taja Cheek has spent her career making music that resists easy explanation. The singer-songwriter known as L’Rain builds songs from...
Trump fondles tree photos in front of baffled reporter: ‘There is no precedent’
President Donald Trump was fixated on an oddly specific, off-topic subject during an interview just days after he launched a...
My Son’s Racist Views Are Destroying Our Family
My son has somehow — probably from spending too much time on the wrong websites — become a racist. We...
‘American Doctor’ Review: Going to Gaza to Help, in Any Way They Can
At the start of “American Doctor,” one of the three main subjects, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, argues with the director, Poh...
More and more wealthy Californians are seeking ‘golden visa’ residency outside the U.S.
If all goes to plan, Jae Kim, Annie Akin and their 4-year-old son will soon be residents of Portugal. By...
‘The Brink of War’ Review: When the U.S. and U.S.S.R. Came Together
The movie begins with a stark image: Ronald Reagan (Jeff Daniels), shot from behind, in a light overcoat, looking out...
