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The New York Times Magazine-Nov. 10, 2024

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (November 2, 2024): The latest issue features Revisiting the Harlem Renaissance – The New York Times

5 Takeaways From Nancy Pelosi’s Interview With The New York Times

In her first extended interview after the election, the former House speaker was not interested in analyzing Democratic losses and was eager to put a sunny spin on the future. By Lulu Garcia-Navarro

He Made a Daring Escape From China. Then His Real Troubles Began.

He fled brutal repression — only to discover, as so many Uyghur refugees have, that China’s power stretches far beyond its borders.By Nyrola Elimä and Ben Mauk

America’s Split Screen on Abortion

The abortion rights movement won in many states — even some that voted for Donald Trump. Where does it go from here? By Emily Bazelon

Magazines, Reviews, Science, Society, Technology

Science & Society: Caltech Magazine – Fall 2024 Issue

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Caltech Magazine (November 8, 2024): The FAll 2024 issue features ‘Chemical Codebreakers’ – Isotopes help scientists open window to the past….

Features

Journeys to the Past: Isotope geochemistry is helping scientists reveal secrets about the molecular histories of Earth, the cosmos, the human body, and more.

An Intriguing Red Planet Rock: The Mars Perseverance rover has found a “compelling” rock that could indicate the planet hosted microbial life billions of years ago.

The 2024 Distinguished Alumni: Meet this year’s awardees: David Brin (BS ’73), Louise Chow (PhD ’73), Bill Coughran (BS, MS ’75), and Timothy M. Swager (PhD ’88).

The Evolution of Trolling: A new theoretical framework explains why social media discourse can be so toxic.

Inside Look: Joe Parker: Step into the office of this evolutionary biologist, whose research nest is filled with real—and illustrated— insects.

Ripples from the Heart: Mory Gharib (PhD ’83) has leveraged his aerospace expertise to tease out some of the heart’s greatest secrets and use them to develop life-saving medical devices.

The Lab in the Sky Says Goodbye: A NASA DC-8 airplane that carried Caltech students around the globe for science has been retired.

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The New York Times Magazine-Nov. 3, 2024

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (November 2, 2024): The 11.3.24 Issue In this issue, Jim Rutenberg on the potential for an election certification crisis in the weeks ahead; Amanda Taub on the game theory of democracy; Ariel Lown Lewiton on her grandparents’ protest pin collection; and more.Read this issue

How Will White Women Vote? It’s a Question With a Fraught History.

White and Black women have joined together to power progressive causes — from abolition to civil rights — but it’s a tenuous alliance.

What if A.I. Is Actually Good for Hollywood?

It’s already powering remarkable visual innovations, like in the new movie “Here.” But boosters think that’s just the beginning. By Devin Gordon

A Brief History of Messy Elections

Three times the results were disputed after the votes were in.

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Culture: The Hedgehog Review – Fall 2024 Issue

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THE HEDGEHOG REVIEW (FALL 2024): This issue’s theme is “In Need of Repair,” and it includes contributions from James Davison Hunter, Nicholas Carr, Martha Bayles, Olivier Zunz, Elias Crim, Aaron Horvath, Paul Scherz, Firmin DeBrabander, and John J. Lennon, as well as other reviews and essays from such contributors as Eugene McCarraher, Alan Jacobs, Paul Nedelisky, Rita Koganzon, Matthew Milliner, and Richard Hughes Gibson.

In Need of Repair

At the bottom of each of our system dysfunctions is a distinctive cultural disorder emerging from the many pressures of our rapidly modernizing world.

Supply Chain Sublime

The Material World is no place for humans. By Richard Hughes Gibson

Culture Wars: The Endgame

Nihilism’s Grip on American Democracy by James Davison Hunter

The Age of the Average

All the Little Data

The Pathologies of Precision Medicine

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Politics: The Guardian Weekly – November 1, 2024

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The Guardian Weekly (October 31, 2024) – The new issue features ‘The Balance Of Power’ – What the U.S. election could mean for the world…

Five essential reads in this week’s edition

Spotlight | Israel and Iran’s war comes out of the shadows
The Observer’s Simon Tisdall considers the consequences for the region of Israel’s weekend missile strikes on Iran

Environment | The Colombian warlord who reneged on deforestation
As the Cop16 nature summit in Colombia comes to a close, Luke Taylor tells a story that highlights the country’s complex relationship between environmental aspiration and political will

Feature | The brain collector
Using cutting-edge methods, Alexandra Morton-Hayward is unravelling the extraordinary mysteries of grey matter – even as hers betrays her. By Kermit Pattison

Opinion | It’s time to tell it how it is: Trump has fascist instincts
Those who know him best use the F-word to describe the former president. Every warning light is flashing red, argues Jonathan Freedland

Culture | The intersection of art and war in Ukraine
Poets, artists, playwrights and musicians are fighting and dying in Ukraine, and their work is capturing the horror and emotion of the conflict, finds Charlotte Higgins

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The New York Times Magazine-October 27, 2024

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (October 27, 2024): The latest issue features David Gaubey Herbert on building a cheerleading empire; Elisabeth Zerofsky on the historian Robert Paxton; Jonathan Mahler on the tech billionaires who became major G.O.P. donors; and more.

How Cheerleading Became So Acrobatic, Dangerous and Popular

For decades, the sport has been shaped in large part by one company — and one man.

Nikki Jennings started cheering when she was 4 years old. She was small and flexible and became a flyer, a human baton spinning and twisting through the air before being caught by teammates. Until sometimes she wasn’t: She got her first concussion in the third grade.

Is It Fascism? A Leading Historian Changes His Mind.

Robert Paxton thought the label was overused. But now he’s alarmed by what he sees in global politics — including Trumpism.

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The New York Times Magazine-October 20, 2024

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (October 19, 2024): The latest issue features Undocumented labor quietly props up much of the American economy — nowhere more than on dairy farms. What would a crackdown mean for milk?

Undocumented labor quietly props up much of the American economy — nowhere more than on dairy farms.

How Tech Billionaires Became the G.O.P.’s New Donor Class

Elon Musk and a group of Silicon Valley allies have built a shadow campaign to put Donald Trump back in office.

The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?

A decade and a quarter of a billion dollars later, students and faculty are more frustrated than ever.

By Nicholas Confessore

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Politics: The Guardian Weekly – October 11, 2024

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The Guardian Weekly (October 12, 2024) – The new issue features ‘The Isolation of Israel’ – On a year of the Israel-Gaza War…

Hurricane Milton has left two worlds in its wake. Elon Musk lives in one of them. The other is called reality

Elon Musk at Donald Trump’s campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania on 5 October.

Remember when the existence of natural disasters wasn’t up for ‘debate’? It seems like a long time ago now

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The New York Times Magazine – Oct. 13, 2024

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (October 11, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Al Pacino Is Still Going Big’…

The Interview – Al Pacino Is Still Going Big

Al Pacino has been one of the world’s greatest, most influential actors for more than 50 years. He’s audacious. He’s outrageous. He’s Al Pacino, and I’m pretty sure you know what that entails.

Why France’s Most Controversial Novelist Is Also Its Most Celebrated

Reviled as much as he is lauded, Michel Houellebecq holds up a mirror to a world we would rather not see.

Should Famous People Be Telling Us This Much About Their Illnesses?

For some celebrities, revealing all is part of the product. For others, it looks like a deeply unpleasant chore.

By Mireille Silcoff

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Preview: The New Atlantis Magazine – Fall 2024

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The New Atlantis Magazine (October 10, 2024) : The latest issue features ‘The Builder Issue’ – Why we don’t build…

Mass. Exodus

Massachusetts is one of the richest states in the country — because it’s pricing out its own middle class. Why did the state stop building enough to house them?