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In the Green Room
Paul Taylor Dance Company’s Michael Novak
The Dancers in the Company Keep Me Going
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In the Green Room
Novelist and USC professor Viet Thanh Nguyen
I Was an Application Away From Law School
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Culture Class
Smile, You’re on Jury Duty!
First Came Candid Camera. Then The Truman Show. Now, a New Swath of TV Speaks to 21st-Century Voyeurism
Since The Truman Show premiered 25 years ago, the premise—about a man unaware his entire life has been a reality TV program—has gone from thought experiment to reality.
Jury Duty, which …
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Where I Go
Where I Go: The Playground That Helped Make Prague Feel Like Home
On the Plastic Benches of Výtoň’s Park, I Watched Our Sons Play and Let My Imagination Roam
In 2013, my wife and I rented an apartment in Výtoň, a classic urban neighborhood south of the tourist-packed city center of Prague. This wasn’t my first move to the …
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The Takeaway
Make Art Not War
Creative Expression Builds Consciousness—and Resistance—in Hearts and Minds
How do you mobilize art against war? Can artwork be co-opted by warmongers? And what, if anything, can we hope for in creating and consuming art about war?
These were some …
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Essay
The Banana King Who (Tried to) Put People Over Profits
1970s United Fruit CEO Eli Black Got Caught Between the Warring Ideals of ‘Social Responsibility’ and Shareholder Gains
After the latest banking crisis, an old question has resurfaced: What should corporate executives care about, people or profits?
Hard-right Republicans contend that it was “woke” investment strategies of liberal executives—who …
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Connecting California
Gavin Newsom’s ‘Campaign for Democracy’ Has a Democracy Problem
The Governor Should Keep His Eyes on the Homefront Instead of Battling ‘UnAmerican Extremists’ in Republican States
Gov. Gavin Newsom is doing a good thing by launching “Campaign for Democracy” against authoritarian governors who are limiting freedom in Republican states like Alabama and Florida.
But what he’s campaigning …
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Glimpses
When Kids Make Art, a Richer Story of War Emerges
The Stone Soup Refugee Project Helps Young People Move Beyond Empathy
The sea is stormy, please help me!
My wings are small, please help me!
The butterflies are afraid, please help me!
My world is ignored, …
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Essay
‘Guernica’ Did Nothing—Which Is Why It Still Matters
Picasso’s Masterpiece Teaches Us How Antiwar Art’s Power Lies in This Paradox
This month marks the anniversary of one of the many atrocities of the last century carried out in the cause of nationalism. On Monday, April 26, 1937, less than a …