Even Violent Drug Cartels Fear God
By DAMIEN CAVE
In a Mexican prison run by the country’s most feared criminal syndicate, a Brooklyn-born priest struggles to save the most hardened souls.
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Photo illustration by Bobby Doherty for The New York Times. Digital composite by Picturehouse. Video still from NBC.
Photo illustration by Bobby Doherty. Digital composite by Picturehouse. Video still from NBC.
Matt Lauer
Waking Up on the Wrong Side of a Ratings War
By BRIAN STELTER
How a toxic clash of personalities cost NBC’s “Today” its No. 1 ranking. Matt Lauer may yet lead the show back to the top spot, but the morning is tougher now than ever.
Can a Woman Win the Kentucky Derby?
By KEITH O’BRIEN
Rosie Napravnik isn’t just the most successful “girl jockey” today; she’s one of the best American jockeys, period.
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I Heart Artichokes
By MARK BITTMAN
To unlock the hidden potential of the artichoke, you need to look within.
Lives
The Last Gasp of the East Village
By HUGO LINDGREN
A bloody valentine to the riotous ’90s in New York.
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Making Art With Tom Waits
Images and commentary from the singer-songwriter and his longtime collaborator, the photographer Anton Corbijn.
Eureka
Raiding Grandma’s Medicine Cabinet
By MAGGIE KOERTH-BAKER
As antibiotic resistance spreads, scientists are looking to the past.
Talk
Lanny J. Davis, Crisis Consultant to the Stars
Interview by ANDREW GOLDMAN
The lawyer who managed the scandals of Martha Stewart and Charlie Rangel on the damage you can — and can’t — control.
The Ethicist
Can Just Anyone Claim to Be a TV Meteorologist?
By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN
Forecasting fraud; a gumbo conundrum.
Innovation
Who Made Those Hot Wheels?
By PAGAN KENNEDY
And who would pay more than $70,000 for a miniature hot rod?
Riff
Learning to (Re)Love Tom Cruise
By TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER
In his late-career action movies, Tom Cruise manages to be the one thing he has never been in real life: Relatable.
The One-Page Magazine
Nick Cave’s Unlikely Muse
Putting the “meh” in the Meh List; also, come and get it in Seattle.
Your Fitness Questions, Answered
Ask Gretchen Reynolds about the smartest ways to keep fit, and you may be included in the magazine’s Health Issue.
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Our Thirsty Correspondents
By MAYA LAU
Times reporters working abroad pick their most memorable drinking spots, including a speak-easy in Mauritania and a waterfront bug bar in China.
Video: Spring Feast in the South
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