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A Profile of the philosopher Judith Butler, whose new book, “Who’s Afraid of Gender?,” traces the history of a burgeoning global movement against “gender ideology.”

Who’s Afraid of Judith Butler?

The philosopher and gender theorist has been denounced, demonized, even burned in effigy. They have a theory about that.

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Today marks the anniversary of the British explorer Captain James Cook’s arrival in Australia. But what horrors did he leave in his wake?

How Captain James Cook Got Away with Murder

When he died, admirers believed that he deserved the “gratitude of posterity.” Posterity, of course, has a mind of its own.

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In a new interview with @IChotiner , Elliott Abrams discusses Israel’s war in Gaza, whether the Reagan Administration really supported human rights in Latin America, and how he views his own work in government.

Elliott Abrams and the Contradictions of U.S. Human-Rights Policy

The longtime State Department official and Iran-Contra player on Israel’s war in Gaza and his own record in Latin America.

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“Although readers will receive this story very much through the prism of fiction, this happened to me,” Cynan Jones says, of his short story “Pulse.”

Cynan Jones on Nature and Nonlinear Love

The author discusses his story “Pulse.”

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Technology hounds us. Modern life drives concentration away. How can we reclaim our attention?

The Battle for Attention

How do we hold on to what matters in a distracted age?

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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by @AnjaliCshekar . #NewYorkerCartoons

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Read a Profile of the first Native American Cabinet member, Deb Haaland, who has embraced the challenge of not only running the Department of Interior but redeeming it.

Deb Haaland Confronts the History of the Federal Agency She Leads

As the first Native American Cabinet member, the Secretary of the Interior has made it part of her job to address the travesties of the past.

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In today’s crossword: music to a massage therapist’s ears (three letters).

The Crossword: Monday, April 29, 2024

“Mountains and Sea” painter Frankenthaler: five letters.

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This week’s cover, “Sonny’s Bridge, 1986,” by the late artist Faith Ringgold. #NewYorkerCovers

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A real-estate developer in Manhattan specializes in taking existing structures and converting them into apartments, a useful trick in a city that’s always starved for housing—and newly wary of the five-day-a-week office routine.

Can Turning Office Towers Into Apartments Save Downtowns?

Nathan Berman has helped rescue Manhattan’s financial district from a “doom loop” by carving attractive living spaces from hulking buildings that once housed fields of cubicles.

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In a new interview, Jerry Seinfeld discusses the origins of “Seinfeld,” the end of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and how to write jokes.

The Scholar of Comedy

Jerry Seinfeld on how to write jokes, the ending of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and the world-historical struggle to invent the Pop-Tart.

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According to proponents of baby-led weaning, young children should be feeding themselves a variety of foods: sour, sweet, and savory; crunchy and chewy; tender and tough.

When Babies Rule the Dinner Table

In the past two decades, American parents have started to ditch the purées and give babies more choice—and more power—at mealtime.

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“This will be a festering wound, even more so than it has been, for decades to come,” a foreign-policy analyst said, of the uncertain future that would follow Israel’s enduring war on Gaza.

Is This Israel’s Forever War?

Foreign-policy analysts whose careers were shaped by the war on terror see troubling parallels.

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We humans have a high tolerance for noise; we seem to require it. But, in some ways, “noise is another dimension of humanity’s ruination of the natural world,” Alex Ross writes.

What Is Noise?

Sometimes we embrace it, sometimes we hate it—and everything depends on who is making it.

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Alex Garland’s new movie, “Civil War,” “remains resolutely incurious about what might cause a contemporary civil war in America—and thus how one might be prevented,” @andrewmarantz writes.

How to Both-Sides a “Civil War”

In his new film, Alex Garland seems to be trying to have it both ways, using our dire politics as buzzy I.P. while tap-dancing around conversations that might get him in trouble.

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