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The exterior of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, July 15, 2019. A fight against income inequality has taken hold in the art world, with curators, handlers and designers publicly pressuring executives to raise their wages, and in some cases forming unions. (Sara Krulwich / The New York Times)

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July 22, 2019 at 6:02 pm

Inside hushed museum hallways, a rumble over pay grows louder VIEW

The art handlers at the Guggenheim work under some unusual conditions, having to hang paintings slightly askew and tilted to account for the New York...

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February 3, 2019 at 5:00 pm

‘Hamlet’ in virtual reality casts the viewer in the play WATCH

The creators of this virtual reality version of Shakespeare — the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Google — hope that beyond the fresh experience it provides,...

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December 9, 2018 at 12:15 am

U.S. tracks down loot from fugitive’s lavish shopping spree

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Michael Stellmman, center, and Lex Moncada, right, spend time with Sugar in the guidance counselorâ€™s office at P.S. 209 in New York, May 1, 2017. Seven schools are participating in the Comfort Dog program of the Education Department, which pairs certain schools with dogs from an animal rescue and adoption organization on Long Island. (John Taggart/The New York Times)

May 31, 2017 at 3:27 pm

Teacher’s pet sleeps in a dog bed in these N.Y. schools VIEW

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December 27, 2016 at 8:11 pm

Trump ally says racist emails about Obamas sent in error

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Musa Jamshed, 18, in a computer lab at Public School 41 in Manhattan, where he worked at a chess summer camp for children, in New York, Aug. 14, 2015. Jamshed, who is entering Lehigh University, took several massive open online courses last summer when he wasn’t working at the chess camp. Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, intended as college-level work for anyone, are popping up on college applications, a sign of curiosity and, possibly, resume packing. (Elizabeth D. Herman/ The New York Times)

September 5, 2015 at 12:00 am

Open online courses prove lure for college-bound students

Hoping to impress admissions counselors more and more high-school students are signing up for massive open online courses, or MOOCs.

July 14, 2015 at 8:41 pm

For real-life Atticuses, literary name not what it used to be

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February 4, 2015 at 1:43 pm

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Phones trump fashions for teens these days

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August 21, 2014 at 6:23 pm

Sears holdings posts first-half loss of nearly $1 billion

Sears Holdings announced Thursday that it had lost nearly $1 billion in the first six months of the year. The company has been bleeding money...

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