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A Film From 1974 Offers a Rare Glimpse Inside an Abandoned Ellis Island
OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENTA Film From 1974 Offers a Rare Glimpse Inside an Abandoned Ellis Island May 28, 2024, 5:00…
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Will Roy Cohn Save Donald Trump’s Hide One Last Time?
Sitting still for hours on end in a chilly, drab courtroom, unable to speak his mind, forced to listen to…
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Ted Cruz Has Some Strong Opinions About College Sports
College sports bring in billions of dollars in revenue every year, but until very recently virtually none of it went…
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Let the Salmon Run Free
In his 1937 book, “Kennebec: Cradle of Americans,” the poet Robert Tristram Coffin called Maine’s sprawling river a “paradise for…
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Elon Musk Dominates Space Launch. Rivals Are Calling Foul.
Elon Musk aggressively elbowed his way into the space launch business over the past two decades, combining engineering genius and…
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Jaap van Zweden’s Brief, Fraught Time Atop the New York Philharmonic
On a balmy spring morning, after a breakfast of coffee and plain yogurt at a luxury Manhattan hotel, Jaap van…
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Excavating Jerry Garcia’s Crucial Bluegrass Roots
In 1964, the guitarist took a road trip, hoping to become Bill Monroe’s banjo player. The journey, and his longtime…
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The Man Behind the Effortless, Viral Grooves
Shay Latukolan, who has worked with Jungle and Childish Gambino, creates choreography so infectious that everyone thinks they can dance…
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No, Americans Are Not Completely Stupid About Inflation
Stefanie Stantcheva was 11 years old in 1997 when annual inflation in Bulgaria, the country from which she and her…
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South Africa Is Becoming Something New, and It’s Not Good
The ceremony went virtually unnoticed. On an overcast April day in South Africa’s administrative capital, Pretoria, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered…