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On Ethics, the Imperiled Printed Word and the News

Jerry Lanson | Posted 05.30.2012

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I've long looked to The New Yorker as the gold standard for meticulous, thoroughly vetted, contextual journalism. So it came as a surprise last week when the magazine published an item on "The Cost of College" without clearly identifying the writer as the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.

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New Republic Changes Top Editor

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.20.2012

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NEW YORK -- Franklin Foer is returning as editor of the New Republic, the first major shake-up at the political magazine since Facebook co-founder Chr...

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PHOTO: New Yorker's Upcoming Cover

Posted 05.11.2012

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The New Yorker is celebrating President Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage on its upcoming cover, an image of which it released Friday. The c...

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Winners Of Magazine Industry's Biggest Prize

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.04.2012

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NEW YORK -- NBC News anchor Brian Williams joked with attendees at Thursday night's National Magazine Awards dinner that given all the categories bein...

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What Is College For? An Interview With the New Yorker's Louis Menand

Matt Bieber | Posted 05.06.2012

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Louis Menand's book The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University asks hard questions about whether higher education's historical goals and structures are well-suited for today's world.

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PHOTOS: 8 Controversial Covers 'The New Yorker' Didn't Publish

Posted 05.01.2012

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The New Yorker is as famous for its smart, cheeky illustrations as it is for its social commentary. The magazine has published commendable images, suc...

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What 'The Artist' Can Teach Us About Prayer

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 04.16.2012

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Prayer comes from the world of our ancestors, who both had less information and knowledge of the universe than we have today, and more time to focus on the inner workings of the soul and spirit.

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Top Ten Koch Facts

Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava | Posted 04.10.2012

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Everyone seems to be investigating Charles and David Koch lately, with exposés of their corrupt political behavior popping up in places like the New ...

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How The Daily Mail Conquered England

newyorker.com | Posted 05.26.2012

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The Mail is the most powerful newspaper in Great Britain. A middle-market tabloid, with a daily readership of four and a half million, it reaches four...

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New Yorker Ads From The 'Mad Men' Era

newyorker.com | Posted by Michael Schulman and Erin Overbey | Posted 05.23.2012

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When "Mad Men" finally--finally--returns from its long hiatus on Sunday, many mysteries stand to be resolved: Has Don married Canadian Megan? Did Joan...

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On the Culture Front: A New Generation of New Yorker Cartoonists, No Place to Go, and more

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.23.2012

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Singer/songwriter/playwright Ethan Lipton evokes the pain of being displaced from one's job and world, both literary and metaphorically as his character's job in No Place to Go is being relocated to Mars.

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Both Sides: Obama's GOP SmackDown and Mitt's Mutt

HuffPost Radio | Posted 03.11.2012

Spitzer and Matalin debate the serious and silly: Was Obama's "get-off-my-plane" presser against Iran 'bluster' effective? Does comedy of Maher/Stewart = Limbaugh's smears? And: is GOP race down to 'man-on-dog' vs. dog-on-car?

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PHOTO: New Yorker's Hilarious Mitt Romney Cover

Posted 05.05.2012

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The New Yorker's latest issue contains another buzzy cover about the 2012 presidential race. Just over a month after portraying a smiling President...

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Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement and Occupy 4 Prisoners

Bill Quigley | Posted 04.24.2012

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One of the major complaints of prisoner human rights activists is the abuse of solitary confinement in prisons across the U.S.

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Children's Television Shows Are Actually Good

Farah L. Miller | Posted 04.16.2012

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At last, an actual television critic has said it -- this stuff that we let our kids watch is good. Or, shall I say, at last a parent has said it -- we can talk about television for toddlers without bringing up pediatric guidelines or mommy guilt.

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When Will President Obama's Critics Admit They Were Wrong?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 04.09.2012

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Anyone -- left or right -- who thinks Obama didn't "bring change" fast enough is living in a fact-free dreamland.

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Dream Like New York Or Die Trying

Megan Snedden | Posted 03.30.2012

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I couldn't bring myself to deliver the lines I was coached to say. So, I did what any reasonable, starving New Yorker would do. I lied.

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PHOTO: New Yorker's Cheeky Cover

Posted 01.29.2012

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For those wondering if President Obama will watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, the New Yorker's latest cover offers some insight into the big game the Pr...

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Hillary Clinton 'Rejected' Obama's 2011 State Department Budget: The New Yorker

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 01.23.2012

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "rejected" President Obama's proposed 2011 budget for her department, according to a memo obtained by the New Yorke...

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Writings on Contemporary China: A Top Ten List for 2011

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 02.20.2012

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Here's a Top 10 list to give readers an enlightening overview of how a variety of writers had been addressing the major events, trends and phenomena in the world's most populous country.

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Former Clinton Adviser Sounds Off On Obama's Gay Marriage Stance In The New Yorker

newyorker.com | Posted by Richard Socarides | Posted 12.20.2011

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After a year in which we saw a number of high-profile gay-rights victories, including the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and the legislative enactm...

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Hitchens Defended Iraq War Until The End

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.18.2011

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NEW YORK -- The New York Times led Friday morning's paper with a headline over eight years in the making: "U.S. Marks End to a Long War for an Uncerta...

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The New Yorker Thanksgiving Cover: The Undocumented Are Today's Pilgrims

The Huffington Post | Ray Sanchez and Laura Steiner | Posted 11.23.2011

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No stranger to controversial cover art, The New Yorker Thanksgiving issue depicts a gaggle of pilgrims scampering under a starry sky. A woman...

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Highlights From The 'New Yorker' Food Issue

Posted 11.14.2011

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The annual food issue of the New Yorker is out this week, featuring a range of stories from foraging in Copenhagen to exploring new apple varieties. T...

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Full-Bodied Film

Glen Helfand | Posted 01.07.2012

Like anyone with an interest in movies, I've seen my consumption evolve from repertory houses, to indie chains, to the current streaming standard. Now I am entertained and edified by amazing libraries of material instantaneously available to cater to whatever whim.

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