Have Billionaires Gone Too Far?
“We’ve seen them overplaying their hand,” the sociologist Brooke Harrington says. “They’re pillaging American cultural institutions. They’re pillaging democracy.”
“We’ve seen them overplaying their hand,” the sociologist Brooke Harrington says. “They’re pillaging American cultural institutions. They’re pillaging democracy.”
Keir Starmer’s unpopularity has led Labour to a humiliating defeat in local elections. Now, with five major parties competing for votes, the far right could be well positioned for a general-election victory.
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On her new album, “Middle of Nowhere,” the singer toys with two of country music’s great themes: her home state of Texas, and solitude.
In Ildikó Enyedi’s meditative nature epic, three lonely experimenters from three different eras seek to unlock the secrets of plants—and learn something vital about themselves.
The reporter Peter Slevin asks the former President the question on many Democrats’ minds: Why isn’t he doing more in a time of crisis?
Harriet Clark’s new novel, “The Hill,” parallels her own childhood years spent visiting the prison where her mother was incarcerated. She talks with Rachel Aviv.
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
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I was comfortable being a tween pariah—especially when the rejection came from such idiots.