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Can Usher Turn America On Again (to R.&B.)?
One Saturday evening in February, the night before the Grammys, Usher, Interscope Records and Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace repurposed the…
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How Israel’s 9/11 Tests American Grand Strategy
Twenty-one years ago, in the shadow of the Sept. 11 attacks, George W. Bush warned of an “axis of evil,”…
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In Northern France, Riding the Rails Into the Past
On the tracks of a railway depot in northern France, a steam locomotive puffs out smoke as if it just…
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‘Whichever Is Cheaper’: Inside China’s New Thrift Economy
Beijing hopes spending can spur growth, which has been dragged down by slowing real estate sales and exports. But shoppers…
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‘Always Under Fire’: On the Battlefield With Ukraine’s Elite Troops
Rolling barrages of artillery strikes have cratered and pockmarked the hills and forests of eastern Ukraine. As Ukraine presses its…
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A Patois Revival: Jamaica Weighs Language Change as Ties to Britain Fray
A push is underway to make Jamaica’s Patois an official language, on par with English, as the country weighs cutting…
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How Israel’s Feared Security Services Failed to Stop Hamas’s Attack
Israel’s military and espionage services are considered among the world’s best, but on Saturday, operational and intelligence failures led to…
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Israel Has Never Needed to Be Smarter Than in This Moment
I have covered this conflict for almost 50 years, and I’ve seen Israelis and Palestinians do a lot of awful…
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Hamas Leaves Trail of Terror in Israel
As Israeli soldiers regain control of areas near Gaza that came under attack, they are finding evidence seen in videos…
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Kevin Phillips, 82, Dies; Predicted the G.O.P. Resurgence
A conservative mastermind of the race-based “Southern strategy,” he later, as a writer, had second thoughts after assessing income inequality…