Ian Urbina is the director of the journalism nonprofit the Outlaw Ocean Project. While at the Times, he shared a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news.
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A Critic at Large
Don’t Believe What They’re Telling You About Misinformation
People may fervently espouse symbolic beliefs, cognitive scientists say, but they don’t treat them the same as factual beliefs. It’s worth keeping track of the difference.
By Manvir Singh
Page-Turner
When Preachers Were Rock Stars
A classic New Yorker account of the Henry Ward Beecher adultery trial recalls a time in America that seems both incomprehensible and familiar.
By Louis Menand
The Political Scene Podcast
What to Expect from Trump’s First Criminal Trial
A cast of characters from Donald Trump’s past is due to appear in the first-ever criminal trial of a former President of the United States.
Goings On
Hilton Als on the Sui-Generis Films of Charles Atlas
Also: “Uncle Vanya” and “Staff Meal” reviewed, superstar pianists at Carnegie Hall, and more.