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“The Yamamoto family values were forged in small spaces,” the Japanese photographer Masaki Yamamoto told me recently. For eighteen years, his family of seven coexisted in a one-room apartment in Kobe. His father drove trucks, and his mother worked as…
“The Arbalest” Photograph Courtesy Fake Wood Wallpaper / YouTube The streaming site Kanopy offers a cornucopia of movies free of charge to many holders of library cards or student I.D.s, and its catalogue keeps growing: it’s now secured rights to…
Pat Gilroy has made three changes to his team for Dublin’s clash with the All-Ireland champions. Dublin head to Pearse Stadium to face Galway in their final game in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship series. Experienced forward duo Liam Rushe…
Cork City have signed Crystal Palace defender Damien Delaney. The defender rejoins the club following a long spell in England, where he most recently played with Premier League side Crystal Palace. The 36-year-old was capped nine times by the Republic…
Democratic optimism about the 2018 midterms reached crescendo levels this winter after improbable wins in special elections in Alabama and western Pennsylvania. Liberals began to predict a “blue wave” — a sweeping series of electoral victories comparable to the GOP’s…
Kim Kardashian West did it: President Donald Trump has commuted the life sentence of Alice Johnson, the 63-year-old great grandmother in prison for drug trafficking, whose cause Kardashian lobbied for in the Oval Office. The commutation, confirmed by the White…
