Mandela’s Dream for South Africa Is in Ruins

Following the imprisonment of Jacob Zuma, and at a time when inequality is worse than during apartheid, mob violence is threatening the country’s constitutional order.

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What to Make of Childhood Fears in an Anxious Age

In “For Emergency Use Only,” a filmmaker revisits his old fear of nuclear contamination, and asks kids about the catastrophes weighing on their minds today.

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Bad Elevator Pitches

An elevator that says “OTIS” but is manufactured by Schindler.

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The Radical Courage of Simone Biles’s Exit from the Team USA Olympic Finals

Biles’s decision not to compete on Tuesday is, to many spectators, a heartbreak. It is also a welcome example of an athlete setting her own limits.

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The Void That Critical Race Theory Was Created to Fill

The movement’s architects saw the inadequacy of liberal solutions to racial injustice. Yet the term has become a lullaby by which liberals self-soothe.

16h

Why Lorgia García Peña Was Denied Tenure at Harvard

A decision not to retain a beloved Latinx-studies professor raised questions about the university’s commitment to students of color.

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“The Pursuit of Love” Is a Scathing Satire of the British Upper Classes

In a new adaptation of the novel, two cousins navigate family, marriage, and their complicated friendship.

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Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, July 27th

“At a certain point in the summer, we just stop vacuuming.”

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Biden Considers Banning Vaccine to Convince People to Get It

“We must eliminate the scourge of vaccination once and for all,” the President said.

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Self-Care Conundrums

What to do when your various self-care objectives collide? Consider the following puzzling situations.

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