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How Drake Lost the Plot

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Has there ever been as clear a loser as Drake? When his long-standing cold war with Kendrick Lamar turned into a full-on feud, this past spring, the stakes seemed relatively low.…

The Metafictional Ingenuity of “My First Film”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Some filmmakers have remade their own films, others have made adapted works they created in other media, many have made films about filmmaking, and many more have dramatized their private lives.…

Covering the Election in Spanish for a Latino Audience

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story El País, arguably the most prestigious Spanish-language news organization of the past half century, and whose slogan is “The Global Newspaper,” has just made one of the more seemingly obvious moves…

Out of the Sky

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The Irish-born photographer Andrew McConnell first started going to Kazakhstan because he wanted to see a Soyuz space capsule fall out of the sky. At the time, in 2015, the capsule,…

“English Teacher” Is an After-School Special with Edge

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Consider the plight of the reluctant idealist. Evan Marquez (Brian Jordan Alvarez), the titular character in the new FX comedy “English Teacher,” is an exemplar of the type. Under different circumstances,…

How Natural Are We?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The broad saltwater creek near my house spans a couple of hundred yards from shore to shore. I reach it by descending a grassy hill, opening a wooden gate, and crossing…

Danzy Senna Is Amused by Your Mixed Feelings

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The sad music snuck up on us, stealing into the conversation just as we turned to the future of biracial identity. “We’re under deep suspicion at the moment,” Danzy Senna confided…

R. Kikuo Johnson’s “A Mother’s Work”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Children growing up in the city are often especially fond of time spent at the playground. In many instances, the supervision of those precious moments of freedom is done not by…