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World Chess Championship: Two Wins for Defending Champ!

Oliver Roeder, Graphics by Simran Parwani FiveThirtyEight
Game 8, defending champion a commanding lead in the match, thrashing Nepomniachtchi in 46 relentless moves over four hours. Game 6, longest game in Chess Championship history, queen and bishop verses rooks and knight.

Our New Art ‘Appreciation,’ Billionaire-Style

Sam Pizzigati Inequality.org
Aren't museums the rich donate to bringing art to the people? In fact, these days, the rich aren’t taking art to the people. They’re taking art from the people and plopping it into storage vaults that the world’s wealthy use to dodge sales taxes.

The Canonization of Saint John Coltrane

M.H. Miller New York Times
The intensity of the jazz legend’s music has always inspired passion, but in the 1960s, one group of devotees was so stirred they founded a church in his name.