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What I’m Reading: Apples, Private Actors and Marina Abramovic

A retrospective of the performance artist’s work at the Royal Academy of Arts in London captures boundaries being violently tested and redrawn.

The Joy of Reading on Trains

A rail journey is the perfect time to tackle your TBR

The Litany of #MeToo News Continues. Is anything really changing?

It can appear as though society is no closer to a future in which women can go about their ordinary lives without being harassed, assaulted...

What I’m Reading: Eclectic Edition

The fruits of a free-ranging reading week were a fascinating book on China and a political science paper that explains a quirk of far-right politics.

Coups Are on the Rise. Why?

A recent surge is surprising because successful coups are rare.

Watching ‘Barbie’ and Thinking About Death

A summer blockbuster left a Times columnist uncomfortable. A new play about art under totalitarianism helped her understand why.

In Mexico, Drug Trade Flourished With the Help of the State

An article sheds light on a notorious cold case.

A Shocking Soccer Kiss Demonstrates the Power of Scandal

By generating public outrage, scandals make inaction costly: suddenly, doing nothing carries greater risks.

When art and money meet

Encouragement, profit or exploitation?

Does Information Affect Our Beliefs?

New studies on social media’s influence tell a complicated story.
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