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The Bystander Effect: Can You Sue if You Witnessed a Loved One’s Crash and Suffered Emotional Harm?
Witnessing a serious car accident can be a traumatic experience. This is especially true when a loved one is severely injured in the crash….By: Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley
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Russia’s Strategy Against the West: Escalate Slowly and See if It Responds
Ukrainian and European officials say President Vladimir V. Putin has become emboldened by a lack of Western pushback.
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As Los Angeles Olympics Loom, Critics Worry Its Cultural Plan Is Lagging
Planning and fund-raising for the “Cultural Olympiad,” the arts programming that is part of the 2028 games, should have been well underway by now, several experts say.
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Photography’s Next Generation, Bursting Out of the Frames
On the 40th anniversary of the New Photography series at MoMA, 13 artists and collectives on three continents find ties that bind — and a resurrection.
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In Jeffrey Gibson’s Sculptures, Child’s Play and Indigenous Truths
On the Met’s facade, a Native artist honors parkland animals and engages his widest audience yet.
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An Artist’s Do-Over in Double Time
Stephen Prina borrows beats from John Bonham and Keith Moon for a series of performances coming to MoMA. His work is both loving homage and striking original.
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TIFF 2025: The Voice of Hind Rajab, Unidentified, The Fence
Cultural specificity from a part of the world that too rarely gets spotlighted at international film festivals join the films in this dispatch, even if the trio feel so invigoratingly different. A docudrama, a thriller, and a social commentary that unfolds like a one-act play, these three works have little in common structurally even as…
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TIFF 2025: The Christophers, &Sons, Dead Man’s Wire, Tuner
Film festivals often elevate and celebrate young talent, especially the ones that are willing to walk the red carpet and wave to the cameras. Maybe it’s a product of my age advancing past the half-century mark, but my schedule this year tended to veterans more than usual, including reminders that people like Sir Ian McKellen,…
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Building an Octopus Dictionary, One Arm Movement at a Time
Scientists set out to understand all the ways the animals use their eight appendages. It wasn’t easy.
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F.T.C. Starts Inquiry Into A.I. Chatbots and Child Safety
The Federal Trade Commission said it was starting an inquiry of how six major tech companies monitor activity that could harm minors.
