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Why Are Undocumented Minors Spending So Much Time in Custody?
A lawsuit brought by the N.Y.C.L.U. claims that the federal government is using an obscure office as a provisional jail.
Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier
How the ex-spy tried to warn the world about Trump’s ties to Russia.
The Kim Wall Murder Trial Starts in Denmark
The Swedish journalist’s grisly death is raising new questions about women’s safety in the workplace, even in famously egalitarian Scandinavia.
Did Andrew Lloyd Webber Ruin the Musical or Rescue It?
A new memoir shows how the composer brought back the masses by returning the musical to an earlier form.
Spotlight
Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” Reviewed
The new movie eliminates the most idiosyncratic aspects of the novel. What remains is a story of enticing details that only vaguely cohere.
Can Wine Transform China’s Countryside?
Ningxia’s wineries have been winning awards, but they are also part of Beijing’s new vision for rural life.
Robert Mueller, Style Icon
We must listen to his clothes, which are elegant in their reticence. His is the costume of a moral allegory.
Does Stormy Daniels Have a Case Against Trump?
Stephanie Clifford’s lawsuit asserts that Trump deliberately failed to sign the agreement because he wanted to maintain deniability about the affair.
A Physically Punishing Solo-Piano Masterpiece
“Sonatra” is a milestone of composition, and Vicky Chow’s recording is a milestone of pianism.
The Season’s Hottest New Podcasts
The lineup includes Moby reading “Moby-Dick,” thirty-two minutes of inadvertent silence, and more.
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In This Week’s Issue
Spring Art Preview: “Radical Women,” Adrian Piper, and More
The exhibitions to see at the Brooklyn Museum, MOMA, and other New York museums this season.
Beyond “American Gothic”
Grant Wood made occasionally impressive, predominantly weird, sometimes awful art. The Whitney’s retrospective of the mid-century Iowan painter invites the question: Why now?
Are You Curling-Curious?
The Ardsley Curling Club welcomes New Yorkers who want to try hurling a forty-pound rock across a sheet of ice.
