Restaurants
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Mar 10, 2026
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17 min read
The Abuses Reported at Noma are Absolutely Relevant to You
Horrific accounts of chef René Redzepi punching, stabbing, belittling, and harassing staff and unpaid interns over a decade-plus have me connecting dots across the globe
Media
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Mar 3, 2026
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15 min read
What is Really New About the New Food Media?
Can familiar names at recently launched platforms from Coyote Media, to (the new) Gourmet, to Caper Media give us different results? Plus: Artist Chase Hall blesses the Met archives.
Politics
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Feb 17, 2026
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11 min read
'I Am...Somebody,' and the Reach of Rev. Jesse Jackson
Jackson's passing prompts a reflection on my grandmother Ruth Rushen and her career in California corrections
Music
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Feb 10, 2026
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10 min read
Bad Bunny's Halftime Show and Our Collective Joy Hangover
His historic performance touched viewers and expands how we interrogate protest and progress
