Iran’s Long Shadow

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What the Last Weeks of Summer Can Offer

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The Truths That Failed Jason Arday

Source: YouTube Summary Yesterday in London, Jason Arday, the controversy-plagued British academic and author, was found dead. Made famous as the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s more than 800-year history,…

Bumble Hands the First Move Back to Men

Every dating app, formally or informally, has its thing. Hinge, with its earnest prompts, is wholesome. Tinder, with its quick swipes left or right, is horny. Feeld, with its 30-plus…

A Cold War Movie That Gives Too Much Credit to Ronald Reagan

Americans do not know enough about the Cold War, and much of what they think they know is wrong. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Republicans took…

Photos of the Week: Mudflat Trot, Waterfall Jump, Pole Vault

Lintao Zhang / Getty Szabo Sopov Kristof of Hungary practices ahead of the 2026 IWWF World Cable Wakeboard & Wakeskate Championships at Shunyi Olympic Cable Park on August 9, 2026,…

A Bleak, Violent Novel’s Unexpected Delights

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Before his latest book, Marlon James hadn’t written…

Hollywood’s Most Indestructible Superhero

This has been a terrific year for movie theaters. Cinemas are on course for their best financial year since before the coronavirus pandemic, powered by large-scale hits such as The…

Eight Perfect Series Finales

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Trump’s Latest Vaccine Order Is Making Things More Confusing

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