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The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance.

Proponents of fuller transparency used an arcane rule to prod their leaders to act. When it became clear they had succeeded, the speaker agreed to hold a vote.

The biggest thing holding Penn Station back from a much-needed rehaul is what’s on top of it: Madison Square Garden.

It has been a brutal three months for dramas and comedies.

Maybe there’s an innocent explanation for all the privileges she’s being accorded, but I can’t think of one.

The great Cuban modernist, whose politics and Afro-Asian roots shaped his paintings and inspired generations of artists, gets a revelatory survey at MoMA.

The revelations are a remarkable reversal for the Ukrainian president, who once presented himself as a leader who would clean up the country’s politics.

Fewer women in South Korea are reporting workplace harassment, but those who do say their claims are often not taken seriously or handled sensitively.

Paul Kingsnorth argues technology is killing us - physically and spiritually.