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“Degenerates” Is Funny, Pervy, and Startling
The New Yorkerby Emily Nussbaum·6d ago
Else Went’s electrifying new play, “Degenerates,” at Playwrights Horizons, begins in darkness, with the audience eavesdropping on an anguished call to a suicide hotline.
“The Social Reckoning” Feels Much Smaller Than Its Predecessor
The New Yorkerby Richard Brody·6d ago
Film what you know, they say, and what Aaron Sorkin knows, above all, is show business. That’s why “Being the Ricardos,” his 2021 bio-pic about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, is one of the most...
Reading Is Not Dying
The New Republicby Osita Nwanevu·6d ago
It’s hard to write a case for reading. The challenge for writers who try it isn’t that reading is more abstruse than other subjects.
Trump? Diesel? ICE? Corruption? All of Those. But Mostly—Data Centers.
The New Republicby Virginia Heffernan·6d ago
In short order, America’s data centers have come to stand in for a broad range of apocalyptic threats, from the climate crisis to the surveillance state to Trump’s kleptocracy.
Samuel Alito’s Tortured Attempts to Explain Himself
The New Republicby Matt Ford·6d ago
Supreme Court justices write and publish books from time to time. Some, like the autobiographies of Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor. can be interesting to a general audience.
This Is What Trump Panic Looks Like
The New Republicby Alex Shephard·6d ago
Is this what panic looks like? President Trump has been barnstorming the country in recent days, as part of a tour that will take him across the country until the midterms.
He's Running In a District Trump Won By 21 Points. Democrats See an Opening
Timeby Philip Wang·6d ago
When the Democratic state representative announced that he would continue to run for Congress in a gerrymandered district five months ago, it was seen by many in Tennessee and Washington as more...
These prosecutors saw how the justice system failed women. Now they’re running for Congress.
The 19thby Mel Leonor·6d ago
When Shannon Taylor became the top prosecutor in a central Virginia county in 2012, she said she found a system that wasn’t delivering justice in the face of complicated sex trafficking cases...
Why we’re watching these climate tech companies
MIT Technology Reviewby Casey Crownhart·6d ago
This week, we released our 2026 version of our Climate Tech Companies to Watch list. It’s an annual project that the MIT Technology Review team puts together.
Trump Administration Proposes $70K Fee for International Students to Work in U.S.
Timeby Chad de Guzman·6d ago
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday proposed a rule that would charge schools $70,000 per international student seeking to work in the U.S.
WIRED’s Midterms Races to Watch
Wiredby David Gilbert, Vittoria Elliott, Hugo Lowell, Leah Feiger·6d ago
The midterm elections are a month away and the candidate pool has never been more WIRED. Races are being run—and likely decided—on Silicon Valley funding, data center debates, AI regulation...
10 New Horror Books We’re Reading This Halloween
Esquireby Eric Francisco·6d ago
Do you feel the crisp chill in the air? The icy breeze of winter’s approach poking past the auburn bloom of autumn? Probably not; 2026 is shaping up to have one of the hottest Octobers on record.
Jordan emerges as potential next GOP leader if Dems seize House
FOX Newsby Elizabeth Elkind·6d ago
One of President Donald Trump’s most prominent allies in Congress could soon become his highest-ranking defender against a barrage of Democrat-led investigations and impeachment threats.
Tristan Harris’ Tech Nonprofit Is Laying Off Most Staff and Going ‘Founder-Led’
Wiredby Paresh Dave·6d ago
The Center for Humane Technology, the online safety group cofounded by former Google product manager Tristan Harris and featured in the hit documentary The Social Dilemma, is laying off about half...
After a yearslong slump, China's real estate market may be set for a turnaround
US Top News and Analysisby Evelyn Cheng·6d ago
BEIJING — An end is in sight for China's yearslong property market slump, S&P Global Ratings analysts said in a report distributed Thursday.
A Scientist Working on the ‘IceCube’ Neutrino Detector Explains the Nobel Prize–Winning Technology
Wiredby Javier Carbajal·6d ago
“for some reason, I woke up at 5:30, and the first thing I did was go to the New York Times website to check the headlines,” Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez recalls of the previous morning.
On Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy’s Decades-Long Friendship
Literary Hubby Roger Berkowitz·6d ago
On Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy’s Decades-Long Friendship Roger Berkowitz Explores an Often-Overshadowed Side of the German-American Political Theorist Hannah Arendt’s homeland was populated...
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
Literary Hubby Book Marks·6d ago
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week “Considering that both authors are innovators of highly consumable brain rot in different mediums, the book is an old-fashioned dud.” Our fivesome of...
One Night in Frankfurt: Scenes From the Incomparable Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Translation Prize Dinner
Literary Hubby Literary Hub·6d ago
One Night in Frankfurt: Scenes From the Incomparable Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Translation Prize Dinner Morgan Entrekin on One of His Favorite Nights at the Frankfurt Book Fair; With Speeches...
It Begins On the Page: How Relationships Between Readers and Writers Are Made
Literary Hubby Luiz Schwarcz·6d ago
It Begins On the Page: How Relationships Between Readers and Writers Are Made Luiz Schwarcz on the Editor’s Role in Shaping and Curating the Reading Experience We don’t usually understand...
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