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Under Review

How a British Socialist Rewrote the World for Children

E. Nesbit used her grief, her politics, and her imagination to make a new kind of book for kids.

By Jessica Winter
Ethiopia's Prime Minister
A Reporter at Large

Did a Nobel Peace Laureate Stoke a Civil War?

After Ethiopia’s Prime Minister ended a decades-long border conflict, he was heralded as a unifier. Now critics accuse him of tearing the country apart.

By Jon Lee Anderson
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Personal History

The Way to Recover from a Happy Childhood

Like many children, I didn’t really understand what my parents were like. But I collected clues.

By Rivka Galchen
Romantic Expression
Books

The Troublesome Legacy of the Early Romantics

Express yourself! That credo was forged by a group of brilliant, oversexed German visionaries in the eighteenth century. But did they think it through?

By Nikhil Krishnan

News & Culture

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Our Columnists

A Fine Economic Mess in the United Kingdom

By John Cassidy
Georgia Meloni
Q&A

How Giorgia Meloni Took Control in the Italian Election

By Isaac Chotiner
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Backstage

The Not-Paparazzo That Celebrities Actually Enjoy Seeing

By Michael Schulman
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Afterword

A Tap-Dancing TV Chef

By Susan Orlean
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The New Yorker Interview

Lorraine O'Grady Has Always Been A Rebel

By Dorren St. Félix

Puzzle & Games

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Name Drop

A quiz that tests your knowledge of notable people, published every weekday.

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THE CROSSWORD

A puzzle that ranges from lightly to considerably challenging, published every weekday.

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The Cryptic Crossword

A weekly puzzle for lovers of wily wordplay.

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Caption Contest

We provide a cartoon, you provide a caption.

Spotlight

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Daily Comment

Hurricane Ian Is a Storm That We Knew Would Occur

Too much climate energy, too little climate action.

By Bill McKibben
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The Current Cinema

Cate Blanchett is imperious and incandescent in "Tár"

Todd Field’s tale of a famous conductor under fire richly portrays the music world, but its true subject is power

By Anthony Lane
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Culture Desk

Maira Kalman finds the truth in the mess

The artist's new book and exhibit, "Women Holding Things," explore all that women carry.

Art By Maira Kalman
Text by Françoise Mouly and Genevieve Bormes
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Letter from the South

The Mystery of the Headless Goats in the Chattahoochee

Hundreds of decapitated goat carcasses have turned up in the river that runs through metro Atlanta.

By Charles Bethea
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Tables for Two

Rejoicing in the Return of Great N.Y. Noodletown

The beloved Chinatown Cantonese restaurant has reopened. The roast duck, soft-shell crab, and ginger-scallion noodles taste better than ever.

By Hannah Goldfield
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Culture Desk

Othmar Schoeck’s Ghostly Songs

Revisiting the chaotic Swiss composer who impressed James Joyce and caused Penn to meet Teller.

By Alex Ross
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The Front Row

“Triangle of Sadness”: We’re on a Yacht and We’re Puking

Ruben Östlund’s class satire, starring Charlbi Dean and Harris Dickinson, strains to look more audacious than it is.

By Richard Brody
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Daily Comment

The Supreme Court Considers What May Be the Final Blow to the Voting Rights Act

Justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor warn of what’s really at stake in Merrill v. Milligan.

By Amy Davidson Sorkin