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It Was the Most Violent Prison in America. Then the Guards Went on Strike

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On the hiring line

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RIP Gladys Mae West, the Pioneering Black Mathematician Who Helped Lay the Foundation for GPS

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Walter Benjamin Explains How Fascism Uses Mass Media to Turn Politics Into Spectacle (1935)

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The Light Between Us

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Love After Love: Derek Walcott’s Poetic Ode to Relearning to Be at Home in Ourselves After Heartbreak

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The Importance of Being Scared: Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska on Fairy Tales and the Necessity of Fear

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An Archive of Italian Graphic Design

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Nan Goldin Speaks Out on Art Gallery of Ontario’s Halted Acquisition

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For Dyani White Hawk, Love Is an Act of Resistance

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Dabin Ahn Lingers in Loss in a Mournful Series of Sculptural Paintings

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Artist’s Street Signs in Philadelphia Warn of Fascism Ahead

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Studio Museum Closed for the Week After Water Damage

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Gabrielle Goliath Strikes a Tuning Fork of Dissent

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An impressive isometric map of NYC, built with AI agents. “I’m particularly...

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The Student Behind a Phishing Empire

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Watch Classic Episodes of Sesame Street for Free on YouTube

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Jeff Koons’s Trumpian Reflections

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Baby-Making on Mars

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You Need A Kitchen Slide Rule. “Kitchen work is all about proportions,...

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An Expansive New ‘Skyspace’ by Perceptual Artist James Turrell Debuts in Aarhus

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Information You Could Hold in Your Hand

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Woodland Creatures Waken from Branches and Twigs in Rodolfo Liprandi’s Sculptures

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Science magazine: US government has lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs since...

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The Comics Journal’s obituary for Scott Adams. “Dilbert’s tone shifted during the...

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How Joan Miró and America Fell in Love

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This video from December is about a pair of teenaged ICE trackers....

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Richard Dawkins on the Luckiness of Death

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When Einstein Met Tagore: A Remarkable Meeting of Minds on the Edge of Science and Spirituality

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Immortality in Passing: Poet Lisel Mueller, Who Lived to 96, on What Gives Meaning to Our Ephemeral Lives

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What It’s Like to Touch the Bottom of the World

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A 90-minute ICE Watch training session via Zoom “on effectively protecting your...

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Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong. “Activists have made the decision to emphasize protection,...

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Disappeared to a Foreign Prison

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Do Not Spare Yourself

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