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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On January 26, 2023, Israeli soldiers, hiding in the cargo hold of a milk truck, entered the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, where Magnum photographer Sakir Khader was about…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story There’s nothing here to grab attention! CBS’s cancellation of The Late Show, so central to our rapidly depleting entertainment culture that it’s considered almost a utility—as necessary as water or electricity—has…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Judging by recent commercials extolling the virtues of artificial intelligence, many Americans today feel a great deal of pressure to perform everyday intellectual tasks. Apparently, expecting a person to figure out…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the HBO drama The Gilded Age, the characters are acutely aware that they are in a time of change. As the series opens in the 1880s, a probate lawyer notes…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On a pitch-black stage hangs a naked man, blindfolded, bound and gagged, like a stag on a pole. Shining and pale, he resembles a painting of St Sebastian accepting martyrdom with…

Save this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to and doing this week. Sign up to get it sent to your inbox. In the mid-twenties, the flamboyant girl group…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story There’s so much going on in “In the Environment of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney” (at the Drawing Center through September 14) that you might come away wishing it could…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Ryosuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda), the thirty-year-old central character of the mesmerizing Japanese thriller Cloud, is happiest when he’s sitting in front of a computer. Some people would understand that, but Yoshii—slim,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For nearly two decades, Justin Bieber’s music has taken a backseat to his popularity. For many, he’s become a Kardashian-like figure whose songs can be heard in places of bad taste:…

Save this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading Infinite Scroll , a weekly column by Kyle Chayka about how technology shapes culture. The other day, on a weekday, I sent an Instagram message to a friend of mine, a New…