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Dolly Parton: Hear 15 Essential Songs
Jim Farber · 14m ago
The singer-songwriter rose from poverty to become a chart-topping performer whose earnest character allowed her to span genres.
South Carolina Election Becomes Test for Trump
Tiffany Tan and Tim Balk · 1h ago
Runoffs in the state are typically sleepy, but the Republican Senate contest between Darline Graham and Ralph Norman seemed to be drawing relatively high turnout.

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The Heat on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Grows
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe and Sri Muppidi · 6h ago
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s plans to intervene in bond markets have drawn widespread criticism, including from a prominent former mentor.
Canada Is Retaliating Against Trump’s Tariffs. Will Others Follow?
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe, Sri Muppidi and Ian Mount · yesterday
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to retaliate against U.S. tariffs has drawn praise from China, and exposed a rift in the Trump administration.
How Big Tech Captured American Schools
Natasha Singer · yesterday
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle
Alan Yuhas · Aug 22
The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”
Can Bessent’s ‘Big Tool Kit’ Calm Bond Investors?
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe and Sri Muppidi · Aug 21
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has vowed to step up efforts to restore calm to the debt markets. So far, it’s not working out that way.

Technology

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How Big Tech Captured American Schools
Natasha Singer · yesterday
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle
Alan Yuhas · Aug 22
The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”

Science

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3 Charts That Explain El Niño
Mira Rojanasakul and Chico Harlan · 10h ago
With air and sea surface temperatures already breaking records, this year’s episode is on track to be the strongest in living memory.
Why Getting High Has Only Gotten Cheaper
Matt Richtel and Irena Hwang · yesterday
The “war on drugs” sought to reduce substance abuse by driving up prices and lowering demand. Today, street drugs are less expensive and more dangerous than ever.
Climate: Trump vs. California
Maxine Joselow · Aug 20
At least a half-dozen federal agencies have moved to undermine the state’s environmental efforts.

Arts

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Dolly Parton: Hear 15 Essential Songs
Jim Farber · 14m ago
The singer-songwriter rose from poverty to become a chart-topping performer whose earnest character allowed her to span genres.
Why Are There Street Markings All Over New York City?
Michael Kimmelman, Tom Wilson, Sutton Raphael, Nour Idriss and Laura Salaberry · yesterday
For the last year, Tom Wilson, a photographer, has been taking pictures of municipal street markings around New York City. On a recent walking tour, Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic for The New York Times, helped Wilson decode the color-coded language that keeps the city running.
10 Songs We’re Talking About
Jon Pareles · yesterday
Jorja Smith offers a loaded invitation, Rapsody explores Africa and the cosmos, and Carly Simon returns with her first single in decades.
8 Signs You’re Living in a Rom-Com
Katherine Bettis · Aug 22
Are you baking cookies with your old high-school crush? Our cartoonist has seen enough trying-on-clothes montages to spot the clues.
Five International Movies to Stream Now
Devika Girish · Aug 21
This month’s picks include powerful movies about mothers from Brazil, Argentina and Austria; a magical-realist tale from India; and an Icelandic drama.
Five Free Movies to Stream Now
Brandon Yu · Aug 21
Sprinting to the edge because they have nothing left to lose: This month’s picks include “Thief,” “Dog Day Afternoon” and “Gloria.”
Richard Gadd Had Never Heard of the Manosphere
Leah Greenblatt and Lucia Bell-Epstein · Aug 21
The creator and star of “Half Man” didn’t have a particular agenda for this dark tale of male repression. But “people think that it’s a political piece of work,” he said.
The Loudest ‘Seagull’ Is Almost Entirely Silent
Helen Shaw, Léo Hamelin and Fraser Rice · Aug 21
Performed in Flemish Sign Language, “[seagull]” revisits Anton Chekhov’s play with a cast of hearing and deaf actors. Our chief theater critic, Helen Shaw, met with the play’s director and lead actress at the Edinburgh International Festival.
‘Hot Spot’ Review: A Baffling Dystopia
Natalia Winkelman · Aug 20
In this Polish feature, an artificial intelligence system rules over a downtrodden population. Trouble arrives, in the form of Rana (Noomi Rapace).

Book Review

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New Romance Books
Olivia Waite · yesterday
Our columnist on three of the month’s best releases.

Travel

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