List of Culture articles
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The gridded glass of a pyramid is seen above with a crowd of people in a large museum space. How the Louvre Made France
For centuries, French leaders have used the iconic museum to cement their place in the world. Macron is no different.
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Government officials carry Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah. The Political Giant the West Forgot
Kwame Nkrumah’s life demonstrates that the end of colonial rule in Africa is central to modern history.
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A man with dark hair in glasses and a coat. The Dreamers and Cynics of the New Turkey
A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.
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Three people stand together in front of microphone, smiling. The Making of Mamdani
A close reading of a new book by New York politician Zohran Mamdani’s father reveals a generational yearning for community and inclusion.
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Two people are silhouetted in a shaft of light as they sit in chairs in a cafe. The Most Successful CIA Operation You’ve Never Heard of
How the agency’s program to circulate banned books helped take down the Iron Curtain.
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A grid of book covers for 11 summer fiction releases. The Novels We’re Reading in August
The dog days of summer, from an 18th-century English village to modern-day Tbilisi.
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An illustration shows Xi Jinping sitting at a table covered with a red cloth. He cuts a plate and dumpling in half with giant scissors. Other fractured plates and chopsticks litter the table around him. Xi Jinping’s War on Dinner Is Hurting China’s Economy
An anti-corruption campaign is chilling consumption.
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The book cover of Exophony by Yoko Tawada Yoko Tawada’s Quiet Radicalism
In a newly translated collection, the Japanese German author probes what it means to live between languages.
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A grid showing the covers of 15 new book releases coming this summer. FP’s Books of the Summer
The biggest releases in foreign affairs, history, and economics.
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A tourist leans against a sign that reads "Welcome to the People's Temple Jonestown" as two people take photos of them. The sign arches over a muddy dirt road with dense trees and brush on either side. After Chernobyl, Jonestown?
Guyana taps into the dark tourism trend by opening the site where cult members purportedly drank the Kool-Aid.
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Superman carries a woman through an explosion. Superman the Interventionist
The new movie chafes against Trump-era politics.
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An illustration showing drawn likeness of John Cena, Idris Alba and others on a red and white starburst. Why Must Hollywood Presidents Kick Ass and Take Names?
The French aren’t making action movies about heads of state.
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1-fiction-Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-July The Novels We’re Reading in July
From a Salvadoran multiverse to queer life in contemporary Nigeria.
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An illustration shows Chairman Mao being driven in a car past a sea of red flags. In the foreground is Donald Trump in a similar pose driven in a golf cart. Is This an American Cultural Revolution?
Liberal critics charge Trump with creating a cult of personality not unlike Mao Zedong’s.
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Hundreds of people gather around a giant doll with pigtails, an orange jumper and red glowing eyes. Why Is ‘Squid Game’ So Popular?
One of the most vicious, violent, and nihilistic works of entertainment ever made is also truly the work of an auteur.
