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After several years of escalating tension between workers and management at Google, Google workers have publicly launched a unionization effort—a critical step in an industry where labor has become in
The Best of 2020 Best Comedy Best TV Shows Best Books Best Movies Best Albums With theaters and concert halls shuttered, unemployment in the arts has cut deeper than in restaurants and other hard-hit
Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night with so many thoughts in your head you need to write them all down?” Guy Fieri says in his irrepressible staccato way
B ritain faces an uncertain future as it finally pulls clear of the EU’s orbit, continental commentators have predicted, its reputation for pragmatism and probity shredded by a Brexit process most see
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Breonna Taylor b. 1993 People shared her name and image in grief and solidarity, but why didn’t it feel like enough? Recently, while biking through Brooklyn, I glimpsed a freshly painted mural of a fa
The screening rooms were closed. The festivals were virtual. The blockbusters were in storage. Even so, our critics found abundant and inspiring signs of cinematic life in the pandemic. Clockwise from
T he ice in your drink comes from one of two places: your freezer, or someone else’s. For homemade ice, the supply chain is reassuringly familiar: water goes into the freezer, and a bit later, ice com
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The real-life Harland Sanders didn’t found KFC until he was into his 60s—a feat of entrepreneurial perseverance that inspired a young Okawara to open Japan’s first KFC. Credit: MShades / Wikimedia . E
Bryan Fogel is known for his Academy Award-winning documentary film, “Icarus.” Credit... Coley Brown for The New York Times Bryan Fogel’s examination of the killing of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khasho
Almost every weekday for six years, Christie Smythe took the F train from Park Slope downtown to her desk at Brooklyn’s federal court, in a pressroom hidden on the far side of a snack bar. Smythe, who
Giancarlo Esposito is the kind of celebrity for whom trivia questions are made. Over the last half-century, the character actor who continually redefines “type” has played a part in some of the most i
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Culture What Tom Cruise’s COVID-19 Rant Really Means The incident on location for Mission: Impossible 7 is indicative of how film sets have become pressure cookers during the pandemic. Shirley Li 12:3
It’s always been a bit of a balancing act to decide which games I write about in detail here — a matter of balancing my level of personal interest in each candidate against its historical importance.
On a cold, cloudy day near the end of 2020, I start walking toward my favorite venue. It’s an empty storefront now, with a loving tribute affixed to the door : a white poster with a cartoon drawing of
T his is the year that’s felt like a decade. Maybe that’s because 2020 so often seemed like a never-ending series of tests: for individuals, for businesses, for society. You can tell the story of a ye
A Canadian’s gruesome account as an Islamic State executioner in Syria, which was the subject of the “Caliphate” podcast by The New York Times, was fabricated, officials say. A Times review found no c
South Florida is one of the new destinations for the wealthiest Americans. Photographer: Christina Mendenhall Photographer: Christina Mendenhall The 1% are on the move. Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen b
The wedding photographer had already spent an hour or two inside with the unmasked wedding party when one of the bridesmaids approached her. The woman thanked her for still showing up, considering “ev
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In the final month of this terrible year, I’m here to celebrate the achievements of a white man who is manifestly unqualified for his job. No, I did not expect to end up here. But then—and I am the first person to point this out—2020 has been incredibly weird and tough.
The man in question is a…
And Disney, with its rich in-person experience offerings, is poised to be the biggest winner of all. On Thursday, Disney unveiled a plan to add more than 50 new series and original films to its stream
Cyberpunk 2077 is out in the wild. After eight long years the whole world can now judge it for themselves, through whichever perspective or tint of glasses they so choose. And best of all, for 99.9% o
BREAKING The decision comes amid a wider push for sports teams to stop using Native American names and imagery as team names and mascots. Cleveland Manager Terry Francona, wearing the block “C” the fr
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Netflix/Ringer illustration It’s not every day that David Fincher drops a movie on Netflix, but one such day came this past Friday. Mank , written by Fincher’s father, tells the story of the screenwri
Even before Orson Welles made Citizen Kane at 25, everyone wanted to know who the man really was. Already a successful Broadway director and actor as well as a popular radio creator—he was only 23 whe
“There Was A Pandemic?” What Life Is Like In Countries Without COVID COVID infections are low to nonexistent in several countries, where life looks practically normal. Some people even occasionally fo
Washington, D.C. – Six months following the first shutdown of restaurants for the coronavirus pandemic, the restaurant industry is in limbo. According to a new survey released today by the National Re
The government wants to break up the world’s biggest social network. Internal company emails show why. Imagine a popular social network that takes privacy super seriously. By default, your posts are v
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought incalculable suffering and trauma. But it also offers ways for people—and even societies—to change for the better. Existential crises can bloom out of the loss of a j
Apps Are Helping to Gut the Restaurant Industry High fees are cutting already thin margins to the bone. Greg Bensinger Mr. Bensinger is a member of the editorial board. Dec. 8, 2020 The sudden onset o
Consider our Swedish-furniture-loving hearts broken. We tend to be annoyed by the wasteful catalogs that arrive in droves around the holidays—but one that always brought joy to our hearts was the humb
In the past, time management experts would recommend that you divide up your work into A tasks, B tasks, and C tasks. The concept was to do the A tasks first, then the B tasks, then the C tasks, when
If you believe the CEOs, a fully autonomous car could be only months away. In 2015 , Elon Musk predicted a fully autonomous Tesla by 2018; so did Google . Delphi and MobileEye’s Level 4 system is curr
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