World
How the United States Tried to Get on Top of the Sex Trade
On Christmas Day in 1872, the atmosphere was restive among the forty female residents of a medical institution on the outskirts of St.…
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World
Great Books Don’t Make Great Films, but “Nickel Boys” Is a Glorious Exception
It’s harder to adapt a great book than an average one. Literary greatness often inhibits directors, who end up paying prudent homage to…
World
The Deep Elation of Working with Wood
What do people do all day? My daughter loves to read Richard Scarry’s book of that title, though she generally skips ahead to the hospital…
Lifestyle
At 56, she just published her first book—it might become a Hallmark movie
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" When faced with this question, some children know exactly what they're going to say. They…
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The Surprisingly Sunny Origins of the Frankfurt School
One of the more reliable chemical reactions in European culture occurs when particles of German mental matter enter Italy. Suddenly,…
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The Art Dealer Who Wanted to Be Art
If you remember anything about this painting, may it be that the dog’s name is Noble. The black poodle in the bottom left greets us as a…
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The Frenemies Who Fought to Bring Birth Control to the U.S.
Judging by how commonly birth control is practiced in the United States, it ought to rank among the least controversial of subjects. In…