List of Culture articles
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                  A grid of 12 book covers showing new releases in global fiction. The Novels We’re Reading in SeptemberFrom a North American nail salon to a Korean institute for haunted objects. 
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                  A mass of people in swimsuits, many children run splashing in fright out of the ocean. What ‘Jaws’ Teaches Us About America—Fifty Years OnThere is danger lurking just beneath the water, and many Americans are still searching for their Chief Brody. 
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                  A man and child hold hands as they walk along rubble- and grass-covered railroad tracks. Palm trees and power lines frame the scene. From Berlin to Baghdad on the Ruins of a WWI RailwayThe unfinished line traces a fractured region still beset by competing imperial projects. 
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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 FranceFor 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 ForgotKwame 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 TurkeyA renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan. 
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                  Three people stand together in front of microphone, smiling. The Making of MamdaniA 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 ofHow 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 AugustThe 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 EconomyAn anti-corruption campaign is chilling consumption. 
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                  The book cover of Exophony by Yoko Tawada Yoko Tawada’s Quiet RadicalismIn 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 SummerThe 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 InterventionistThe 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. 



