Culture
Arts
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- Difference MakerThis Nigerian educator gave a river a voice. The next generation is listening.By Ogar Monday / 4 min
- AI can write songs, plays, and novels. What does that mean for human creativity?By Laurent Belsie, Melanie Stetson Freeman / 8 min
- In Oscar-nominated 鈥極ne Battle After Another,鈥� a message for a troubled America?By Stephen Humphries / 7 min
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Cover Story鈥楾his thing of darkness I acknowledge mine.鈥� How two murderers found grace performing Shakespeare.
How a hippo and an octopus brought joy to this Boston neighborhood
Should art be 鈥榩atriotic鈥�? Artist pulls her Smithsonian show, citing censorship.
David Hockney鈥檚 world vibrates in living color
鈥楾he city becomes a canvas for storytelling.鈥� How Baltimore is honoring Freddie Gray.
Why London鈥檚 hot ticket is a sing-along of school assembly hymns
Nobody鈥檚 muse: Revisiting the art of Leonora Carrington
Mario Vargas Llosa 鈥榩ut Peru on the world鈥檚 literary map鈥�
Richard Blanco turned from civil engineer to poet. Now he builds with words.
Monhegan Island is a portrait of resilience. Artists have captured it for 2 centuries.
Idina Menzel鈥檚 new Broadway show has a towering co-star: Stella the tree
Cover Story鈥業 didn鈥檛 know I needed it.鈥� Why neighborhoods rally to save movie houses.
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- Trump is trying to exert more control over elections. Will he succeed?By Simon Montlake / 9 min
- Wealthy universities, facing steep endowment tax hikes, cut PhDs and librariesBy Ira Porter / 5 min
- As the world fights over Greenland, its people double down on their own valuesBy Mark Sappenfield / 14 min
- As Clinton testifies on Epstein, his legacy is already diminishedBy Linda Feldmann / 4 min
