‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Wants to End With a Message of Hope

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Wants to End With a Message of Hope

Though it was conceived in the Obama era, “The Handmaid’s Tale” arrived on Hulu in the early months of the first Trump presidency. Eight years later, it is concluding at the dawn of the second as an enduring, if initially accidental symbol of feminist resistance. Like the 1985 Margaret Atwood …

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‘This Is Our Pompeii’: Altadena Artists Picking Up the Pieces

‘This Is Our Pompeii’: Altadena Artists Picking Up the Pieces

The artist John Knuth surveys the desolate landscape around Mariposa Street, in Altadena, Calif., where he lived with his wife, the interior designer Taylor Jacobson, and their young son. Where once were pretty wood and stucco houses, you can now see clear across city blocks. The vista is interrupted only …

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‘This Is Our Pompeii’: Altadena Artists Picking Up the Pieces

‘This Is Our Pompeii’: Altadena Artists Picking Up the Pieces

The artist John Knuth surveys the desolate landscape around Mariposa Street, in Altadena, Calif., where he lived with his wife, the interior designer Taylor Jacobson, and their young son. Where once were pretty wood and stucco houses, you can now see clear across city blocks. The vista is interrupted only …

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Musk and Zuckerberg Reflect New Blows Against D.E.I. Policies

Musk and Zuckerberg Reflect New Blows Against D.E.I. Policies

The war on D.E.I. intensifies Even before Donald Trump won in November, the conservative backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion policies was going strong. But new revelations about the next Trump administration’s efforts to constrain what’s commonly known as D.E.I. — and corporate titans’ willingness to put such programs aside …

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