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Daily Humor
The Daily Cartoon, Shouts, and other funny stuff from our Dept. of Hoopla.
Cultural Comment
Beyoncé Won’t Burn Down the Barn with “Cowboy Carter”
On “Cowboy Carter,” the artist wants to make “Beyoncé” the synecdoche for an American, but the album highlights only her singularity.
By Doreen St. Félix
The Food Scene
Caribbean Staples Made “Healthy as a Motha”
HAAM, in Williamsburg, veganizes Dominican and Trinidadian food without diminishing it.
By Helen Rosner
Essay
In Praise of the Benediction
Whether it’s a sombre Good Friday service or the trumpets of Easter Sunday, the blessing confers both the promise of a future and a surrender to its uncertainty.
By Julia Cho
Comment
Joe Biden’s Texas Showdown
In some ways, Greg Abbott, as the governor of a border state, poses a more acute political problem for the President than Donald Trump does.
By Jonathan Blitzer