June 2026

To Build a Global Basketball Platform, Carmelo Anthony Went Back to Brooklyn

Carmelo Anthony, the former NBA superstar and current host of the popular video podcast 7PM in Brooklyn, was born in Red Hook, a remote corner of Brooklyn long prized by those who move there for its isolation. Because it is cut off from the subway system by the Gowanus Expressway, a triangle hanging off Brooklyn’s […]

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‘You’re Next’

“It was just a huge wave of euphoria,” says Grace Mausser, the co-chair of New York City’s chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. On Tuesday night, Mausser was at the Harlem watch party for Darializa Avila Chevalier at Sofrito when the TVs showed that the handpicked DSA candidate had wo… More »

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The World Cup Is Testing a Core Assumption of the Streaming Era

For much of the streaming era, platforms have been designed around personalization: algorithmic feeds, curated recommendations on what to watch, who to follow, what to buy and where to go, all optimized for individualized relevance. That design logic has reinforced a broader narrative that cultural consumption would continue to fragment into increasingly solo, on-demand experiences,

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The 2026 Mercedes AMG CLE 53 Cabriolet: Built for the Drive, Not the Destination

There’s an assumption among aspirational buyers shopping for Toyotas, Chevrolets, Hyundais and so on that a Mercedes-Benz is just a little out of their reach. In previous incarnations, the automaker’s C-Class existed to challenge that perception. A car shopper could just as easily slip into Mercedes’ pocket and grab what German luxury lovers would consider

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Sotheby’s Lewis Collection Sale Powered a Record £393.4M Night in London

When prime material comes to market, buyers show up. With the caliber of works Sotheby’s offered from the Lewis Collection last night in London—25 modern and contemporary masterpieces carrying a total high estimate in excess of £273.6 million—expectations were high, but it could hardly have been otherwise, no matter the state of the market. The

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Beyond the Cyclades Script: A Smarter Guide to Greece’s Ionian Islands

Picture hills of cypress and olive trees tumbling toward water the color of sea glass, harbors lined with faded Venetian palazzi in sherbet pinks and sun-softened ochres. Welcome to the Ionian Islands, the green archipelago strung along Greece’s western coast, where the Mediterranean feels less Aegean and more Adriatic, and where centuries of foreign rule

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Landlord Rent Board Rep Resigns, Protesting Mandate to ‘Deliver a Rent Freeze’

A pro-landlord member of the Rent Guidelines Board resigned from her post Thursday morning, just hours before the body was scheduled to vote on how much to raise rent on rent-stabilized apartments. Christina Smyth, a lawyer, emailed a three-page resignation statement to reporters that criticized the process of determining a rent increase — possibly a

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