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The late Pope was guided not by ideology, but by power. Credit: Fabrizio Maffei/Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative player… “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church. And the gates of hell shall…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Walking around the city this spring, it’s impossible not to notice that many people seem to have succumbed to a shared anxiety. For the cover of the April 28, 2025, issue,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On Sunday night, the post-apocalyptic drama The Last of Us delivered its most spectacular chapter to date. Following the events of the first season, HBO’s two central characters — Joel (Pedro…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading Food Scene, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where and how to eat. Sign up to get it in your inbox. The important thing to know about Danny & Coop’s, the…

On this brightest of holidays, the presence of true community fills the soul. Loading Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… How do we define what and who makes up our community? By a strange coincidence of my upbringing, my “community”…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On the wall of my father’s study was an ancient painting of a naked woman. Frail, stricken, and wild-haired, she mused on temporal and spatial distances, as saints and mystics do.…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Ang Lee’s 1993 romantic comedy The Wedding Banquet takes a while to get to the titular event, but it’s worth the wait. Bride Wei-Wei (Mei Ching) and groom Wai-Tung (Winston Chao)…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Before becoming an author, I went to college to study international marketing. Like many children of immigrants, I succumbed to the guilt associated with “making a living” before dedicating myself to…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Whether a film is a documentary or a fiction, all contemporary cinema can be considered documentary-fiction in some sense, since most viewers are aware that documentaries are carefully crafted to shape…

Save this storySave 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 1970s, UCLA’s Ethno-Communications…