Man Convicted in Thefts of a van Gogh and a Hals From Dutch Museums
A three-judge panel in the Netherlands on Friday found a man guilty of stealing paintings by van Gogh and Frans Hals from museums in separate …
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Can Macron Lead the European Union After Merkel Retires?
PARIS — After Germans vote on Sunday and a new government is formed, Chancellor Angela Merkel will leave office after 16 years as the dominant …
To His Surprise, His Play About 2 Dead U.K. Politicians Struck a Chord
LONDON — A play about two long-dead British politicians might not be an obvious winner in London’s West End. But this summer a brief run of …
Will Italy Hand a Wanted Catalan Separatist Leader to Spain?
An Italian court released the former leader of Spain’s Catalonia region on Friday, a day after his arrest, but ordered him to remain in the …
Why Sex-Positive Feminism Is Falling Out of Fashion
In her new book, “The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century,” the philosopher Amia Srinivasan, who is quickly becoming one of the …
Chris Cuomo Sexually Harassed Me. I Hope He’ll Use His Power to Make Change.
I was Chris Cuomo’s boss at ABC News nearly two decades ago, and I am a regular viewer of CNN today, so I’ve long watched how he communicates on …
The Ecstasy of Scientific Discovery, and Its Agonizing Price
WHEN WE CEASE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLDBy Benjamín LabatutTranslated by Adrian Nathan West In December 1915, while serving on the Russian front …
8 New Books We Recommend This Week
In publishing, the onset of autumn often means a change of mind-set, away from the frothy beach books of summer and toward weightier quote …
When a President Wrote for the Book Review
Past presidents and soon-to-be presidents have long written for the Book Review — Herbert Hoover, Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy. The very first …
Randall Kennedy on ‘Say It Loud!’
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen The Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy’s new book, “Say It Loud!,” collects 29 …