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  Together, the stories in Tony Tulathimutte’s recent book, “Rejection,” form a case study in the way that the Internet has both popularized structural language about power and also flattened all sense of proportion, meaning, and historicity.

  It’s obvious why packing is hard: it involves a series of mounting questions. What, how many, which one, in what? You can respond by trying to pack everything, but overstuffed suitcases burden us more than we realize.

  “One clear observation from his first few days back in office is that Trump remains a pugilist who sees politics as a series of battles, whether consequential or very, very stupid.” Susan B. Glasser guide to Donald Trump’s distracting first week back in office.

 

The effect of Donald Trump’s executive orders was to convey an open season, in which virtually nothing—including who gets to be an American citizen—is guaranteed. Trump’s Attempt to Redefine America. The effect of the President’s executive orders was to convey an open season, in which virtually nothing—including who gets to be an American citizen—is guaranteed.

  “You don’t have to be a person of faith to trust that innate human capacity to channel love, goodness, and real strength into our own lives and into the world.” A new interview with Reverend Mariann Budde.

  On January 6, 2021, the veteran war reporter Luke Mogelson followed Donald Trump’s supporters as they forced their way into the U.S. Capitol. Revisit what Mogelson saw that day. A Reporter’s Footage from Inside the Capitol Siege Luke Mogelson followed Trump supporters as they forced their way into the Senate chamber, using his phone’s camera as a reporter’s notebook.

 

  The organist Garth Hudson, from the Band, will be remembered for his singular style—erudite, but teasing. Remembering Garth Hudson, the Man Who Transformed the Band.

  “I’d like my readers to have something to ponder after they’ve finished my books. To have them think, for instance, What endings would be possible here?” Read a new discussion with the author Haruki Murakami. Haruki Murakami on Rethinking Early Work The author discusses his latest novel, “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” and his

 

  From 2022: In an age of despair and division, a boy band from South Korea remixed the rules of pop and created a fandom bigger than Beatlemania. How BTS Became One of the Most Popular Bands in History In an age of despair and division, a boy band from South Korea remixed the rules of pop and created a fandom bigger than Beatlemania.

  Minutes after the Buffalo Bills held on to beat the Baltimore Ravens 27–25 in the A.F.C. divisional game, a sideline reporter asked the Bills’ quarterback Josh Allen what he’d been thinking when the Ravens had failed on a late bid to tie the score. Allen beamed. “All year, this team has heard we got no talent, we’re too small, we can’t stop the run, we’re not good enough to compete,” he said. “We just put our heads down and worked hard.” Before long, in a press conference, the team’s coach, Sean McDermott, echoed Allen’s sentiments. No one seems to embrace the nobody-believes-in-us rallying cry quite like football teams and their fans. Psychologists have identified plausible explanations for why it might help to embrace the underdog status (or pretend you’re one). Underdogs have lower expectations of winning, which might help insulate players against the pain of defeat, A sense of disrespect can fuel feelings of injustice and competitiveness; even though athletes often talk about...

  “Translation is something of the runt of the literary litter, more often perceived as grunt work than art work,” Max Norman writes. “Its practitioners have rarely received attention for anything other than screwing up.” But what do translators do? What Does a Translator Do? Damion Searls, who has translated a Nobel laureate, believes his craft isn’t about

  What should have made the 2025 Oscars list, according to Richard Brody. The 2025 Oscar Nominations and What Should Have Made the List. In a time of crisis, the Academy is offering.