North Dakota Went Boom
By CHIP BROWN
It’s hard to think of what oil hasn’t done to life in the small communities of western North Dakota, good and bad.
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2.3.13
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It’s the Economy
Workers of the World, Sit Tight
By ADAM DAVIDSON
A union resurgence is taking place. Is that enough to save organized labor?
Eat
A Time Before Tabbouleh
By MARK BITTMAN
It’s hard to remember when Middle Eastern food barely existed outside the Middle East. That was before Claudia Roden.
Solve the popular variety puzzles from the Sunday magazine at our newly relaunched hub for New York Times crosswords.
Alec Soth Hits the Road
February 5, 2013
Exit Light, Enter Night
February 5, 2013
What I Learned From Reading Every Last Word of India Today
February 4, 2013
The One-Page Magazine
The Righting of Wrong Wrights
Recontextualizing the Manti Te’o saga, the winter fiction series, a chart of long-shot Oscar nominees and more.
The Ethicist
Should I Become a Woman and Risk Causing Pain to My Wife and Children?
By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN
A father wonders whether to reveal his sexual identity, and the Ethicist has second thoughts on bees.
How to Write Yourself Into Existence
By DAVID SHIELDS
On the next Shakespeare, self-karaoke and art with a visible string to the world
Lives
A War Zone I Can’t Escape
By NANA ASFOUR
My stepson’s battle was virtual. But the one I experienced was real.
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From the Archive
The Reopening of the Frontier
Jon Margolis’s 1995 article that asked the question: Is the state of North Dakota really necessary?
Multimedia
Audio & Photos: Stairway to Hell
Here’s a sport to make an ironman whimper: Running to the top of a very tall building.
Photographs: Obama’s People, Revisited
Portraits from 2008 and 2009 of Barack Obama’s incoming administration and an update of who is still around.
Video Feature: Wide-Awake
A video gallery of dreams and transformations, featuring 13 actresses whose performances defined the year in film.
Slide Show: Hollywood Heroines Send a Letter to the Editor
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An Illustrated Talk With Maurice Sendak
When Christoph Niemann stumbled on a “Fresh Air” interview with Maurice Sendak, wild things started to transpire.
