Culture

In the nineteen-thirties, Gypsy Rose Lee, perhaps the world’s most famous stripper, helped transform burlesque from a vulgar pastime to…

As a first step, Ford told me, the U.S. should begin where it has the most clout: the Kurdish forces…

It’s a big and bitter surprise to discover that Marielle Heller’s new film, “Nightbitch,” is, for the most part, excruciating…

Nikki Giovanni died this week, at the age of eighty-one, as that rarest of things: a best-selling poet. Her work…

This past Wednesday, Politico reported that members of the Biden Administration are considering offering pardons to a number of current…

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In a stunning offensive that appeared to catch the regime of Bashar al-Assad off guard, opposition forces took over much…

The Shapiro brothers, Gefen and Yona, who are nineteen and sixteen and Harpo Marx look-alikes, own eleven cars between them,…

Leftovers, eaten the day after, or maybe late the night of, are the best part of Thanksgiving. The performance of…