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The Neugeborens (the author second left), Brooklyn, circa 1945. Jay Neugeboren. Jay Neugeboren My parents were married at six o’clock on Sunday…

Umberto Eco JUNE 22, 1995 ISSUE In 1942, at the age of ten, I received the First Provincial Award of Ludi Juveniles…

Caryl Phillips Sitting with him in St. Lucia, I once asked Derek Walcott if he missed New York City. He looked up…

David Brion Davis DECEMBER 22, 1994 ISSUE The ghastly slave trade from Africa to the Atlantic sugar islands such as Madeira and…

What purpose does such an attitude serve? By Nickolas Kouravanas First of all, it is important to keep in mind that the…

José Clemente Orozco: Zapatistas, circa 1932. Museum of Modern Art Anna Shapiro The Whitney’s show, “Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art,”…

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, accompanied by an MPD sergeant, taking a knee as the remains of George Floyd are driven to…

Bridgeman Images. Thomas Jones: The Bard, 1774 Tim Parks Different kinds of stories draw us into different worlds of feeling. That is…

President Putin presenting his identification document to validate his vote in Russia’s constitutional amendment referendum that would permit him to remain president…

Brendan SmialowskiAFP via Getty Images. President Donald Trump brandishing a bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C., June 1,…