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The legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins has died, at ninety-five. Richard Brody writes that his name became synonymous with the…
The Kids Are Not All Right at Cannes
In his second dispatch from the film festival, Justin Chang considers premières from Marine Atlan, Jordan Firstman, and Cristian Mungiu…
The Epic Disaster of Operation Epic Fury
Robin Wright on Donald Trump’s attempts to negotiate an end to the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran, including issues…
When Donald Paid Stormy: A History of Hush Money
Buying silence is as old as Genesis, Zach Helfand writes. Among the hushers: Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson, Bette Davis, and…
I Am a Woman in My Thirties, and I Am Thriving
Juliana Castro Varón humorously writes about how a thirtysomething woman, amid everyday stress, is thriving in her life.
The Despair of the Professor in the Age of A.I.
“Was it always the case that half of our students would cheat if it were easy enough?” Jay Caspian Kang…
How a Small-Town Clerk’s Misdeeds Upturned the Murdaugh Verdict
James Lasdun writes that Becky Hill, a court employee possibly trying to maximize sales of her book, pressured jurors to…
Act of Faith
Dallas Jenkins’s show—a prestige drama about Jesus’ life that became the biggest crowdfunded television project in history—has come to model…
Why Any Plausible Iran Deal Is a Humiliation for Trump
Isaac Chotiner interviews Danny Citrinowicz, a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council and an expert on Middle East affairs, who…
A Vindication of the Rights of L.L.M.s
Shouts & Murmurs by Cora Frazier: Pity the poor large language model!