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A group of police breaking into a storage unit.

The Crime Rings Stealing Everything from Purses to Power Tools

In Los Angeles, a task force of detectives is battling organized retail theft, in which boosted goods often end up for sale online—or commingled on store shelves with legitimate items. To fight back, Paige Williams reports, the cops are carrying out “blitzes” on businesses favored by professional shoplifters.

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Above the Fold

Essential reading for today.

A Musical for—and About—Grammar Sticklers

“The Angry Grammarian” asks whether two lovebirds can overcome differing opinions on the Oxford comma.

How Gaza and Ukraine Became Campaign Issues for 2024

This year, what happens in the rest of the world seems to matter a bit more than usual to Americans.

Who Are Latino Americans Today?

A big new book dispels stereotypes in an effort to get beyond Latino 101.

The Mystery of Ocean Warming

A startling rise in sea-surface temperatures suggests that we may not understand how fast the climate is changing.

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Profiles

How Quinta Brunson Hacked the Sitcom

With “Abbott Elementary,” the comedian and writer found fresh humor and mass appeal in a world she knew well.

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Annals of Artificial Intelligence

The Lifelike Illusions of A.I.

Animators, toy designers, and video-game creators have spent decades creating believable fictional characters. Are artificial-intelligence researchers doing the same?

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The Political Scene

What Do the Polls Really Mean for Biden?

Trump’s Rambling, Unhinged Georgia Rally

Biden’s Last Campaign

Fani Willis Survives the Effort to Disqualify Her

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The Political Scene

MAGA Mike

Mike Johnson is the first proudly Trumpian Speaker of the House. Though he has adopted a “nerd constitutional-law guy” persona, he is in lockstep with the law-flouting former President.

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The Critics

The Front Row

The Best Bio-Pics Ever Made

The genre presents very particular artistic challenges, but here are thirty-three films that transcend them.

Books

How Candida Royalle Set Out to Reinvent Porn

As a feminist in the adult-film industry, she believed the answer wasn’t banning porn; it was better porn.

On Television

“3 Body Problem” Is a Rare Species of Sci-Fi

The Netflix adaptation of Liu Cixin’s trilogy mixes heady theoretical questions with genuine spectacle and heart.

The Art World

Gustav Klimt’s Hunger to Please

The artist can still dazzle, but his achievements sometimes come at the cost of passion or purpose.

Annals of Appearances

The Kate Middleton Photo That Was Too Good to Be True

A doctored image of the Princess of Wales and her children has become the most captivating episode of her entire public career.

Pop Music

Ian Munsick Puts the Western Back in Country

He brought his cowboy hat and ranch experience to Nashville, where he sings about the Wyoming life he left behind.

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The Best Books We Read This Week

Hannah Durkin’s “The Survivors of the Clotilda,” a history of the last known slave ship to reach the U.S.; Katherine Min’s “The Fetishist,” a wistful and sometimes humorous novel; and more of our editors’ and critics’ reading recommendations.

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The Weekend Essay

Has Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Improved His Standing in Russia?

As Russians go to the polls, the economy is booming and the public feels hopeful about the future. But the politics of Putinism still depend on the absence of any means to challenge it.

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Ideas

America’s Last Top Models

For decades, inventors sent in models with their patent applications—gizmos that reveal a history of unmet needs and relentless innovation.

Among the A.I. Doomsayers

Some people think machine intelligence will transform humanity for the better. Others fear it may destroy us. Who will decide our fate?

Activist Narcissism and the Problem of Political Despair

An animal-rights leader and provocateur discusses the isolation of modern life and what “safetyism” does to protest movements.

Bird Brains

Crows are smart enough to pick up trash. Why won’t they?

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Profiles

Percival Everett Can’t Say What His Novels Mean

The author of “Erasure” is renowned for his satires of genre, identity, and America. But his great target may be language itself.

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Annals of Education

Have the Liberal Arts Gone Conservative?

The classical-education movement seeks to fundamentally reorient schooling in America. Its emphasis on morality and civics has also primed it for partisan takeover.

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In Case You Missed It

The Open-Air Prison for ISIS Supporters and Victims
Since the Islamic State fell, tens of thousands of people—many of them children—have been herded into Al-Hol, a giant fenced-in camp in Syria, and effectively given life sentences.
The Problem with Defining Antisemitism
Kenneth Stern helped write a definition now endorsed by more than forty countries. Why does he believe it’s causing harm?
Arguing Ourselves to Death
To a degree that we have yet to fully grasp, what rules our age is the ideology of the Internet.
Fasting for Ramadan While Gaza Goes Hungry
How do you celebrate the holy month when you fear the suffering may not end?
Not long after our twins turned three, my wife, Anna, accepted a transfer to the West Coast. The opportunity was lucrative, but that wasn’t why we were eager to go. Anna had spent that March and April involved with another man, a colleague, someone whose name I’d never heard until she told me about him. She said that it had been a terrible mistake, that it had only made her hate herself.Continue reading »

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