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December 1, 2025

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WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

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2025 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

10-Minute Challenge: The Two Fridas

We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

By Larry Buchanan

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Jack Smyth

100 Notable Books of 2025

Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

By The New York Times Books Staff

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Tennessee Seventh District Special Election 2025: Latest Polls

Track the latest polls about Democrat Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps in the special election in Tennessee's Seventh Congressional District.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

A 3-D model shows steel mesh sheets on the underside of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever.

The New York Times

A Highway Is Crumbling. New York Can’t Agree on How to Fix It.

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway has exceeded its life span. Clashing visions have hindered a solution.

By Winnie Hu, Helmuth Rosales and Marco Hernandez

New houses being built in Arizona.

Jesse Rieser for The New York Times

Ezra Klein

America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart

If we want more places for people to live, we’re going to have to get more creative.

By Ezra Klein

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