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This week, looking back at New York City’s first community garden, honoring Harry Belafonte’s life in photos, medication abortions across history, and how did a LACMA statue end up on Craigslist?
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This week, digital media and virality, sleepovers at LA’s Last Bookstore, deconstructing “fusion” cuisine, Harvard’s dubious donors, Mr. Pillow owes $5M, and more.
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This week, uncovering clues about the Benin Bronzes, the British Museum takes everything but a joke, Hollywood writers vote on a strike, and popcorn bags can do what?
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This week, the death of handwriting, how to spot far-right imagery, queerness is African, and is breakfast a colonial construct?
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This week, the world’s lightest paint, Pakistan’s feminist movement, World Puppy Day, and were some of Vermeer’s paintings created by his daughter?
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This week, gifted DeSantis a "fascist" snowflake, NASA's Webb telescope captures a supernova, corporatizing London's creativity, and much more.
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This week, crossword puzzles on Black culture, the history of International Women’s Day, gender-neutral award shows, and why do fake reviews online fly under our radar?
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This week, a Black Southern quilt collection is donated to a Mississippi museum, the fascinating AI-generated ceramic glazes, a map of Italian Fascist monuments, and can clothing ever truly be recycled?
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This week, more inclusive crayons, categorizing female muses as artists, Tiktok-fueled "secret menus," Bernie walks into a TikTok, and much more.
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This week, a new portrait of André Breton, the problem with painted shadows, the story of a misidentified 19th-century potter, and more.
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This week, feline cinematography, two writers on Salman Rushdie, your guide to Valentine’s Day cards, and what happened to the documentary industry?
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This week, AP Style Twitter goes wild, the "enshittification" of TikTok, and did people actually come flooding back to New York City after COVID?