Ten years ago, on Saturday, September 13th, 2008, the world was about to end. The New York Federal Reserve was a zoo. Imagine NASA headquarters on the day a giant asteroid careens into the atmosphere. That was the New York Fed: all hands on deck, peak human panic. The crowd …
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Last month, the author Dave Eggers spoke at a special naturalization ceremony for 34 minors in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. He was instructed in a letter from the Department of Homeland Security not to make it political. The letter also contained a few lines about how immigrants make up …
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The Emmys are different from other showbiz awards, because the same series and the same performances can win year after year. Sure, it may feel like Meryl Streep is always nominated for an Oscar, but it’s never for the same movie twice. In the 2010s, meanwhile, only two shows have …
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