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Life and Letters
The Cabaret Beat
A débutante to the rescue in the Harold Ross era.
by Ian Frazier
The Cabaret Beat
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The Last Trial
Letter from Berlin
The Last Trial
A great-grandmother, Auschwitz, and the arc of justice.
by Elizabeth Kolbert
All About the Hamiltons
Onward and Upward with the Arts
All About the Hamiltons
A new musical brings the Founding Fathers back to life—with a lot of hip-hop.
by Rebecca Mead
Your Son Is Deceased
Letter from Albuquerque
Your Son Is Deceased
The city has one of the highest rates in the country of fatal shootings by police, but no officer has been indicted.
by Rachel Aviv
The Cobweb
Annals of Technology
The Cobweb
Can the Internet be archived?
by Jill Lepore
When the Fever Breaks
Letter from West Africa
When the Fever Breaks
Government measures have proved inadequate, but communities in Liberia and Sierra Leone are coming up with ways to battle the Ebola virus.
by Luke Mogelson
Remote Control
Profiles
Remote Control
Can an exiled oligarch persuade Russia that Putin must go?
by Julia Ioffee
A Century of Silence
Letter from Turkey
A family survives the Armenian genocide and its long aftermath.
by Raffi Khatchadourian
In the Land of the Possible
Profiles
In the Land of the Possible
Samantha Power has the President’s ear. To what end?
by Evan Osnos
Let It Go
A Critic at Large
Let It Go
Are we becoming a nation of hoarders?
by Joan Acocella