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The Digital World Is a Powder Keg. Julian Assange Lit the Fuse.
In his brazen quest for total transparency, the WikiLeaks founder paved the way for a world in which no secret…
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News
A Spin Doctor to the Rich and Corrupt Spills His Secrets
In “All the Worst Humans,” Phil Elwood recounts a career spent engineering headlines for some of the world’s villains.
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World
‘The Whole Country Is Falling to Bits’: Britain’s Young Voters Are Frustrated
Many young people in the northern English cities of Liverpool and Manchester say they feel disillusioned by politics.
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Arts
Diplo, D.J. and Music Producer, Is Accused in Lawsuit of ‘Revenge Porn’
A woman accused Diplo of distributing intimate images and videos of her without her consent; his lawyer likened her suit…
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News
Why Conservatives Shouldn’t Be Doomers
Along with Donald Trump, a big winner in Thursday night’s presidential debate was the distinguished historian Niall Ferguson, who recently…
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Kamala Harris Could Win This Election. Let Her.
Like many Americans who watched the presidential debate on Thursday night, I knew when it was over that there was…
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World
U.S. Presses to Avert Wider War Between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon
A recent flurry of diplomacy aims to head off a conflict that could pit the United States directly against Iran.
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Books
6 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Arts
Where Can Sondheim’s Operatic Musicals Find a Home?
Jonathan Tunick, Stephen Sondheim’s longtime collaborator, unveiled a grand orchestration of “A Little Night Music” that deserves more than a…
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Arts
A Woman Sleeping With Her Stepson? This Director Knows It May Shock.
The French filmmaker Catherine Breillat has been exploring relationships between girls and older men since the 1970s. Her latest, “Last…