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The Culture Caught Up With Spike Lee — Now What?
After more than three decades as a provocateur, the filmmaker has returned to the movie that made him famous.
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The Coast Guard’s ‘Floating Guantánamos’
In an expansion of the war on drugs, the U.S. Coast Guard is targeting low-level smugglers in international waters — shackling them on ships for weeks or even months before arraignment in American courts.
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The Voices in Blue America’s Head
For years, liberals have tried, and failed, to create their own version of conservative talk radio. Has Crooked Media finally figured it out?
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Can A.I. Be Taught to Explain Itself?
As machine learning becomes more powerful, the field’s researchers increasingly find themselves unable to account for what their algorithms know — or how they know it.
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‘Exposure’ Is About Truth, Sure, but Mostly About Power
This fall, the balance of that power has shifted, with exhilarating, destabilizing results.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Derek Brahney First WordsLetter of Recommendation: In-Flight Movies
There’s more than one ritual that provides cover for public weeping.
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Beijing has fully embraced the concept — but in ways that show just how cynical it can become.
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CreditIllustration by Andrew Rae On MoneyActivity Trackers Don’t Always Work the Way We Want Them To
"You can’t just give a child a Fitbit for Christmas and expect them to be active,” one expert said.
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CreditIllustration by Ping Zhu WellThanksgiving Leftovers Fit for a King
Enjoy an elegant yet comforting meal after the festivities have died down.
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What Children — and Parents — Can Learn From Baking Together
A bonding activity that builds joy and character.
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CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Amy Wilson. On DessertPreet Bharara Is Not Running for Office
The former United States attorney on not being part of “the resistance” and what he’ll do if President Trump gets impeached.
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on accepting a large monetary gift from a friend and voicing concerns about the medical treatment of a friend’s child.
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A writer finds, in her father’s desk drawer, an envelope with a touchingly formal label.
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