文化
虚构流行歌曲的艺术
电影中那些登顶排行榜的热门歌曲可能挑战着可信度的边界。而在《圣母玛丽亚》原声带中，查莉·XCX与杰克·安东诺夫捕捉到了真实的神韵。
The Art of the Fictional Pop Song
The chart-topping hits you hear in movies can stretch the limits of belief. On the “Mother Mary” soundtrack, Charli XCX and Jack Antonoff capture the real thing.
杂志
家庭拘留的回归
在特朗普政府执政期间，数千名移民儿童被拘留，其中许多人遭受了医疗疏忽。
El retorno de la detención familiar
Durante el gobierno de Trump, miles de niños inmigrantes han sido detenidos y muchos han sufrido de negligencia médica.
新闻
这位南得州民主党人愿为你的十五岁生日宴献唱
特哈诺音乐家博比·普利多正试图在国会席位角逐中击败共和党人，他将选区里最热闹的派对变成了竞选站点。
The South Texas Democrat Who Will Sing at Your Quinceañera
Bobby Pulido, a Tejano musician who’s trying to unseat a Republican in Congress, has turned some of his district’s splashiest parties into campaign stops.
文化
一位种族灭绝学者追问以色列“何处出了错”
以色列历史学家奥马尔·巴托夫在其新书中指出，犹太复国主义的“国家意识形态”导致了他所称的加沙种族灭绝。
A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel
The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.
幽默
我们需要更少网红，更多“废话邮件”工作
我们需要那些卷起袖子、每天只发一封邮件把工作推给其他部门的“手动自动化销售发展总监”。
We Need Fewer Influencers and More Bullshit E-Mail Jobs
We need Directors of Manual Automation Sales Development who roll up their sleeves and type one singular e-mail every day in which they pass off their work to a different department.
漫画
每日漫画：4月17日星期五
一幅对最新新闻与事件进行戏谑演绎的漫画。
Daily Cartoon: Friday, April 17th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
新闻
用切割锯拯救失落的一代年轻男性
圣约瑟夫工人学院将职业技能与博雅教育相结合，试图重塑学生的自我效能感，并在此过程中重振俄亥俄州斯托本维尔市。
Saving a Lost Generation of Young Men—with Chop Saws
The College of St. Joseph the Worker, which combines the trades with a liberal-arts education, is trying to restore its students’ sense of their own competence, and revive the city of Steubenville, Ohio, along the way.
杂志
《我发誓》精心设计的励志叙事
柯克·琼斯为致力于消除图雷特综合征污名的活动家约翰·戴维森拍摄的传记片，作为教育工具是有效的，但作为戏剧则显得机械。
The Calculated Uplift of “I Swear”
Kirk Jones’s bio-pic of the activist John Davidson, who has worked to destigmatize Tourette’s syndrome, is effective as an educational tool but mechanical as a drama.
文化
我们对不便之物的渴望
现代世界让我们难以应对旧式技术带来的麻烦，却又助长了对那些能将我们带回宁静时光之物的怀旧情绪。
Our Longing for Inconvenience
The modern world has made us ill-equipped for the nuisances of past technologies, even as it has fuelled nostalgia for things that might transport us back to calmer times.
新闻
伊丽莎白二世女王与失落的时尚外交艺术
白金汉宫的新展览“女王的风格”展示了一种无需言语即可传递强大信息的智慧。
Queen Elizabeth II and the Lost Art of Fashion Diplomacy
“The Queen’s Style,” a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace, offers a lesson in how to make powerful statements without saying a word.
文化
大卫·阿姆斯特朗的凝视
此外还有：詹妮弗·蒂莉在《加法机》的超现实世界、纽约市芭蕾舞团的春季演出季、安妮·海瑟薇与米凯拉·科尔主演的《圣母玛丽亚》等。
David Armstrong’s Probing Gaze
Also: Jennifer Tilly in the surreal world of “The Adding Machine,” New York City Ballet’s spring season, Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel in “Mother Mary,” and more.
新闻
美国的“橙衣耶稣”
一周回顾：特朗普决定与教皇争执不休，同时将自己比作救世主。
America’s Orange Jesus
Reflections on a week in which Donald Trump decided to feud with the Pope while comparing himself to the Saviour.
漫画
特朗普，挥舞圣经的人
让这本圣书再次伟大。
Donald Trump, Bible-Thumper
Making the good book great again.
文化
《圣母玛利亚》影评：安妮·海瑟薇与米凯拉·科尔的困局
安妮·海瑟薇饰演流行歌手，米凯拉·科尔饰演时装设计师，两人被困在一部格局狭小的室内剧中，远不及她们自身的气场。
“Mother Mary,” Starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel, Reviewed
Anne Hathaway, as a pop star, and Michaela Coel, as a fashion designer, are trapped in the narrow limits of a chamber drama that’s smaller than their personalities.
新闻
美国在伊朗的谈判对象究竟是谁？
当特朗普在德黑兰寻找一位接替最高领袖的友好人选时，伊朗政权的领导真空已被革命卫队的强硬派成员填补。
Who Is the U.S. Negotiating with in Iran?
As Trump searches for a friendly successor to the Ayatollah in Tehran, the leadership vacuum in the Iranian regime has been filled by hard-line members of the Revolutionary Guard.
漫画
每日漫画：4月16日，星期四
一幅对最新新闻与事件进行戏谑创作的漫画。
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, April 16th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
杂志
《贝姬·肖》与《猫：杰利克舞会》的利爪锋芒
吉娜·吉翁弗里多妙语连珠的性闹剧，以及安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯那部令人困惑的音乐剧改编而成的庆典式舞厅文化作品，皆是令人宣泄的猫薄荷。
Sharp Claws at “Becky Shaw” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball”
Gina Gionfriddo’s zinger-filled sex farce and the celebratory ballroom-culture adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s confounding musical are cathartic catnip.
文化
科利·多克托罗谈与超级富豪共处的高昂代价
这位作家兼互联网评论家探讨了反映亿万富翁主导社会不同生活侧面的书籍。
Cory Doctorow on the High Cost of Living with the Ultra-Rich
The writer and internet critic discusses books that reflect different facets of living in a society run by billionaires.
新闻
是什么击垮了埃里克·斯瓦尔威尔
注意力经济如何催生了国会问责时刻。
What Brought Down Eric Swalwell
How the attention economy produced a moment of congressional reckoning.
新闻
以色列民意的两极
以色列选民反对与伊朗停火，并认为本雅明·内塔尼亚胡做得还不够。
The Extremes of Israeli Public Opinion
Israeli voters are against a ceasefire with Iran, and think Benjamin Netanyahu has not gone far enough.
文化
人工智能自酿的舆论危机
OpenAI的山姆·奥特曼希望“降温”围绕人工智能的激烈言辞。但如果你告诉人们你的产品将颠覆他们的生活方式、夺走他们的工作并可能威胁人类，他们很可能会相信你。
A.I. Has a Message Problem of Its Own Making
OpenAI’s Sam Altman wants to “de-escalate” the rhetoric around A.I. But if you tell people that your product will upend their way of life, take their jobs, and possibly threaten humanity, they might believe you.
漫画
每日漫画：4月15日，星期三
一幅戏谑最新新闻与事件的漫画。
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, April 15th
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
文化
Maven计划如何将人工智能纳入杀伤链
一本新书记录了为军方自动化作战的秘密系统诞生过程。从目标识别到目标摧毁，仅需四次点击。
How Project Maven Put A.I. Into the Kill Chain
A new book charts the creation of a secretive system that automates warfare for the military. The progression from target identification to target destruction is four clicks.
文化
TMZ的政治转向
这家名人八卦小报正陶醉于捕捉政客玩忽职守的幸灾乐祸之中。
TMZ Gets Political
The celebrity tabloid has been basking in the Schadenfreude of catching politicians asleep on the job.
文化
赞达亚的未尽之言
她的电影很少以——甚至很少提及——她的种族为中心，似乎担心聚焦身份认同会限制角色的情感层次。但为何身份认同不能拓展这些层次呢？
What Zendaya Leaves Unsaid
Her films rarely center on—or even acknowledge—her race, seemingly out of concern that focussing on identity might limit her characters’ emotional palettes. But why couldn’t it expand those palettes?