In 1979, a minister received a telegram from Iranian militants who had taken hostages in the American embassy, inviting him... more

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James Taylor’s songs are so familiar that they seem to have always existed. Onstage at the New Yorker Festival, in... more

Annie Clark, known as St. Vincent, launched her career as a guitar virtuoso—a real shredder—in indie rock, playing alongside artists... more

Elvis Costello’s thirty-first studio album, “Hey Clockface,” will be released this month. Recorded largely before the pandemic, it features an... more

Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the Broadway hit is the latest iteration of a quintessentially American form. Why has the... more

The historian discusses events that have weakened supposed allies of the Palestinians, and the idea of settler colonialism that has... more

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The staff writer Jonathan Blitzer on the rhetoric and the reality of deporting “millions”—and why immigrants in the country legally... more

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