In “The Biography of a Painting,” an essay drawn from his Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard in 1956–1957, Ben Shahn remembers his early years as an

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Anyone Can Whistle | Kwame Anthony Appiah, Lula Konner | The New York Review of Books

Since the beginning of Donald Trump’s second term, the First Amendment “has proved a singularly valuable resource in trying to resist assaults on

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The War Over Defense Tech | Susannah Glickman | The New York Review of Books

Silicon Valley firms like Palantir and Anduril are threatening the foundations of US industrial policy even as they call for reenergizing it. What made their current bid for power possible?

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Serene and Delirious | Ken Chen | The New York Review of Books

Both the strengths and weaknesses of Miguel Gomes’s films come from their commitment to capturing the porousness of life.

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