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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Shauna LyonGoings On editor You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Much of the…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the wake of student demonstrations against Israel’s devastation of Gaza that have swept across colleges this year, some institutions of higher education have decided to cancel or amend their graduation…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On April 24th, after years of talks about a TikTok ban, President Joe Biden committed to remaking the platform’s existence in the United States. A foreign-aid package that he signed into…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story All movies with complicated time schemes have the same problem to overcome: the movie’s dramatic sequences, like tiles in a mosaic, must be trimmed to fit into a rigid pattern. Certain…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On the cover of the May 13, 2024, issue, Mark Ulriksen chose to portray the Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani (nicknamed Shotime), who has been a sensation since his U.S. major-league début…

A reflection on Norman Lear, Archie Bunker, and All in the Family. The recent death at the age of 101 of Norman Lear, creator of All in the Family and its improbable folk hero, Archie Bunker, set me to musing (always…

The women who opposed their own enfranchisement in the Victorian era have little in common with the “Repeal the 19th” fringe of today. Not long ago, a high-profile conservative woman of my acquaintance was cornered at the National Conservatism conference…

The current proceedings in a Manhattan courthouse aren’t the first time the interests have tried to lay low a wealthy populist icon. Photo Credit: The Martha Stewart Show Once upon a time, one of the most famous people in the…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Since 1959, when, as a recent Princeton graduate, Frank Stella stunned the art world with big, symmetrical bands of black enamel pin-striped by lines of unpainted canvas, he has belonged to…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Shortly after I became pregnant with my second child, in the fall of 2022, I decided to try a modest experiment. I wanted to see whether I could hide my pregnancy…