“Three months into a livestreamed genocide, we must ask—what does all this looking do?”
Seyward Darby
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The Neighbors Who Destroyed Their Lives
“Murder and lies in small-town Hawaii.”
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In 1967, a Black Man and a White Woman Bought a Home. American Politics Would Never Be the Same.
“What happened to the Bailey family in the Detroit suburb of Warren became a flashpoint in the national battle over integration.”
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How Do You Make a Movie About the Holocaust?
“With ‘The Zone of Interest,’ Jonathan Glazer is just the latest director to confront the problem.”
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A Work of Love
“Before gay marriage was legal, illustrator John Megahan was called to work on a revolutionary secret project: bringing to life, in painstaking scientific detail, the queer lives of the animal world.”
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The South Korean Woman Who Adopted Her Best Friend
“How Korean women are rejecting marriage while reimagining what family means in an increasingly lonely, aging society.”
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Michael Stipe Is Writing His Next Act. Slowly.
“How do you reinvent yourself after being a global superstar? The former R.E.M. frontman is still figuring that out.”
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The Pill Messiah
“Douglas Randall Smith would have you believe he’s on the verge of a medical breakthrough that could end the opioid epidemic and keep millions of people alive.”
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Recognizing the Stranger
“What in fiction is enjoyable and beautiful is often terrifying in real life.”