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Putin Isn’t Actually Enjoying This

Trump is turning out to be a liability for the Kremlin.

America’s Most Famous Escalator, a Decade Later

It was here that Donald Trump descended into American politics.

Why Voices on the Right Are Telling Moms to ‘Lean In’

The idea that women can have children without negatively affecting their careers is having an unlikely revival.

Photos: A Military Parade in D.C.

As millions of Americans protested at “No Kings” rallies across the country, onlookers gathered in Washington on the president’s birthday for a muted celebration.

The Canonization of James Joyce

Richard Ellmann’s biography made the novelist a hero to generations of readers and scholars.

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