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A Day-Glo New York Where Artists Could Afford the Rent
In his beautiful memoir, “Do Something,” Guy Trebay paints a picture of a vanished, pre-AIDS Gotham that’s both gritty and…
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What Happened to the Well-Mannered Cat Burglar?
In “A Gentleman and a Thief,” Dean Jobb vividly recounts the life and times of the notorious criminal — and…
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The Diabolical PBS Show That’ll Restore Your Faith in Reality TV
Producers selected three families to mimic late-19th-century homesteaders over five months. The resulting quarrels make the “Real Housewives” seem tame.
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How a Brooklyn District Tackled School Segregation
District 15 dropped selective admissions for middle schools, and the schools are now more integrated than they were.
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An Orcas Island Home Was the Dream. Here’s How They Made It a Reality.
The small house in Washington was designed to sit lightly on the land: It touches the ground in only six…
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It’s Primary Day in New York. Here’s What to Know.
Representative Jamaal Bowman faces George Latimer in the state’s most-watched race, a costly contest that may speak to the Democratic…
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Is New York Prepared for a Bird Flu Pandemic?
The health care system has stockpiles of medicine and has worked out “a lot of the kinks” since the Covid…
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I Am Cringe. The World Is Sus. But My Teenager’s Slang Is Based.
My son just completed high school and when he leaves for college in the fall my life will change in…
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The Urgent Need to Blow Off Swing Voters
In a presidential election where both leading candidates are unpopular, there’s much talk about what each candidate can say to…
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Why Republicans Are Talking About Biden’s ‘Dictatorship’
The United States under President Biden is a “dictatorship,” according to Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota. “Under Joe Biden,“…