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The National Interest: Jonathan Chait • Russian Dolls Trump has finally remade Republicans into Putin’s playthings.

Neighborhood News: The Ingels West Side • The architect’s other projects may be stalled and delayed, but BIG buildings now bracket the High Line.

Christopher Wool • The blue-chip punk-rock artist rented an empty floor of an office building to put on a show just the way he wanted to.

Performance Review: Allison P. Davis • Endless Love J.Lo returns to her rom-com roots. Is she tired of repeating herself?

In Line at St. Brigid • THE CITY’S CAMPAIGN TO PUSH MIGRANTS OUT HAS TURNED THEIR LIVES INTO AN INTERMINABLE LOOP.

LOST • At least 5,000 families were forcibly separated at the border by the Trump administration. More than five years later, the work of reunifying them is painfully slow and incomplete.

WEEPING ON CUE IS THE TOUGHEST SKILL AN ACTOR CAN LEARN. COULD I DO IT, TOO?

Socks That Last a Decade

Best Bets • A COLLECTION OF expert-vetted, spotted-around-town, or otherwise just especially excellent products that recently appeared on thestrategist.com. To shop all these items—plus the colorful socks—in one place, scan the QR code.

I’m a Bonnet Person Now

What’s the Difference Between Percale and Sateen Sheets?

I Wear These Little Bags With Everything

A Long Talk About Pimples • THE BEAUTY EDITORS and writers at the Strategist have so much to say about the products they try that they recently launched a newsletter, The Strategist Beauty Brief, to share what they are liking and testing at any given moment. We sat in on a meeting to see where the team currently stands on the pimple (and how to get rid of one).

A Therapist Party • The Therapists of New York practice invited 250 of the city’s mental-health professionals to let loose and celebrate Jean Petrucelli, Sarah Schoen, and Naomi Snider’s new book, Patriarchy and Its Discontents: Psychoanalytic Perspectives.

THE LOOK BOOK: THERAPISTS

A HOUSE IN BED-STUY ( for When She Is Home) • Fashion editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson settles down—for now.

Just Plain Good • With little buzz and no influencers in sight, Alma Negra is a perfect neighborhood restaurant.

Dave Arnold Is Making Drinks Again • The cocktail savant’s in R&D mode at Bar Contra.

Oeufs Mayo Are All Over the Place • “It’s eggs on eggs …”

Made for Her • Jessica Lange’s haunting role in Mother Play, like so much of her work, is one only she could perform.

The Voices of the Season • The weird, wide-eyed, weepy, and wild.

Just a Couple of Ibsen Lovers • Early in their relationship, Amy Herzog and Sam Gold decided never to work together. But neither could resist this adaptation.

The Playwright vs. the Theater • Three months ago, Victor I. Cazares decided to stop taking their HIV medication—until the New York Theatre Workshop calls for a cease-fire in Gaza.

How to Write a Fake Rock Song • The musician Will Butler on his new Broadway banger.

CRITICS • Alison Willmore on Madame Web … Emma Alpern on Wandering Stars … Jerry Saltz on a new “Harlem Renaissance”

To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 13

The Extinction of Irena Rey

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THE APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.