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At 80, the Saxophonist Billy Harper Is Still a Towering Force
He spent years playing with Art Blakey, Lee Morgan and Max Roach, earning praise for his sax’s piercing cry. He’s…
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All the Developers Who Want You to Want a New York Casino
Developers hoping to win one of three casino licenses in the New York City region are crafting bids heavy on…
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Giving Brooklyn Nonprofits a Bigger Piece of the Pie
The Brooklyn Community Foundation has awarded grants to organizations in the borough, including the Workers Justice Project, which aids delivery…
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Is It OK to Let My Relatives Think Their Dead Sister Is Still Alive?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to come clean about a well-intended lie.
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Let’s Hack the Universe
A popular cosmological theory holds that we live in a vast computer simulation. So how hard could it be to…
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Sickle Cell Cure Brings Mix of Anxiety and Hope
Some people who have long lived with the disease say they worry about living as a healthy person, while others…
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China’s Economy Stumbled Last Year With Covid Lockdowns Hobbling Growth
New government data shows that growth for the year fell far short of Beijing’s goal. With Covid curbs lifted but…
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In Montecito, the Million-Dollar Views Still Come With Mudslide Risks
MONTECITO, Calif. — Roads flooded, trees toppled, creeks raged and residents braced for the deadly catastrophe they knew could come.…
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Diversity Trainings Try to Change Hearts and Minds. That’s a Mistake.
Diversity trainings have been around for decades, long before the country’s latest round of racial reckoning. But after George Floyd’s…
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Germany Appoints New Defense Minister as Pressure Mounts Over Ukraine
BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tapped Boris Pistorius, the interior minister of one of Germany’s largest states, to become…