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Olivia Rodrigo’s Star-Making “Guts”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last month, Billboard published a gloomy survey of record-label executive sentiment about the state of the music industry. Many of those interviewed lamented one unsettling shift in particular—a shift that the…

How to Decolonize the City

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story What does it mean—what would it mean—to “decolonize the city”? As that phrase has become common among architects, artists, and activists in recent years, it has operated more like a slogan,…

Bruce Lee’s “Warrior,” and the Politics of Kung Fu

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “Gets pretty exhausting after a while,” Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) tells his lover Ah Toy (Olivia Cheng) in the latest season of “Warrior,” on Max. “Surviving?” she asks. “Being hated,” he…

Cecily Brown’s Attempt to Make Impossible Art

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Cecily Brown’s art makes me feel like I’m trapped in a “Twilight Zone” episode, getting my ironic comeuppance. Everything I thought I loved in a painting—rich color, fleshy figuration, slithery abstraction,…

Isabel Allende’s Vision of History

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Isabel Allende recalls it as the day when Santiago went silent. On the morning of September 11, 1973, Salvador Allende rushed to La Moneda, the Presidential palace, after learning of an…

“NYC Tapestry: Home as Refuge” Inaugurates PAC NYC

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Alex BaraschCulture editor You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Amid mounting…

The Eternal Question of Food Versus Service

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. In New York City, seemingly every day, a…

R. Kikuo Johnson’s “Bodega Cat”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story One of the best parts of living in a city is having a wide range of shops within walking distance. New Yorkers are especially fond of their local bodegas—the small but…

Naomi Klein Sees Uncanny Doubles in Our Politics

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 2008, in a Profile for this magazine, Larissa MacFarquhar described Naomi Klein as “the most visible and influential figure on the American left—what Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky were thirty…