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Former NYT Veteran Rips Paper Over ‘Deeply Flawed’ 1619 Project, Russian Collusion Conspiracy Coverage 1619 Slavery

Former NYT Veteran Rips Paper Over ‘Deeply Flawed’ 1619 Project, Russian Collusion Conspiracy Coverage

A 28 year veteran of The New York Times slammed the paper on Wednesday for not correcting “deeply flawed articles” on the Russian collusion conspiracy and its “1619 Project.” RealClearInvestigations editor Tom Kuntz, who left the Times in 2016 after nearly three decades at the paper as a reporter and…
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May 1, 2020
‘The Testaments’ Further Explores Margaret Atwood’s Feminist Dystopia Berlin Wall

‘The Testaments’ Further Explores Margaret Atwood’s Feminist Dystopia

For a work predestined to become a political football, Margaret Atwood’s novel The Testaments is admirably oblivious to current events. It’s the surprise sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, coming 34 years after that culturally influential work. In recent years, it’s become part of the political miasma since its 2017 adaptation…
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May 1, 2020
The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, and Hulu in May Joker

The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, and Hulu in May

Crazy Rich Asians, Contagion, BlacKkKlansman, and Avatar: The Last Airbender are just a few of the great titles coming to streaming this month. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Warner Bros., Focus Features, Warner Bros., and Nickelodeon Network. Every month, tons of new movies and TV shows become available to…
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May 1, 2020
Unemployment claims from Asian Americans have spiked 6,900% in New York. Here’s why Little Italy

Unemployment claims from Asian Americans have spiked 6,900% in New York. Here’s why

Ten days before New York issued a stay-at-home order, Truman Lam, 35, was already contemplating whether to close his restaurant Jing Fong, an icon in Manhattan's Chinatown. It was Tuesday, March 10. During the peak lunch hour, he went upstairs to count how many customers he still had. Jing Fong's…
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May 1, 2020
Little touches make ‘Wretched’ a satisfying, spooky ride Little Red Riding Hood

Little touches make ‘Wretched’ a satisfying, spooky ride

MOVIE REVIEW “THE WRETCHED” Not rated. On streaming platforms. Grade: B Somewhat less than perfect, “The Wretched” (original title might have been “Hag”) is a kind of mini-me version of Stephen King’s “It” and Andy Muschietti’s fabulously frightening 2017 film adaptation. In this scaled-down, low-budget, B-movie variation, young people in…
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May 1, 2020