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The 2.5.17 Issue

Highlights

  1. Feature

    The Misunderstood Genius of Russell Westbrook

    Following the departure of his superstar teammate, Russell Westbrook was left to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder all by himself. That’s when something special happened.

     By Sam Anderson

    CreditSolve Sundsbo for The New York Times. Stylist: Rushka Bergman. Clothing: Jacket by Saint Laurent.
  2. Feature

    The Youth Group That Launched a Movement at Standing Rock

    In the fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline, Native American activists achieved one of the most galvanizing environmental victories in years — and it all began with a group of teenagers.

     By Saul Elbein

    The Standing Rock camp.
    CreditPeter van Agtmael/Magnum, for The New York Times
  3. Feature

    The Parachute Generation

    To help their children get into American universities, Chinese parents have started sending them to U.S. high schools — and paying top dollar to do it.

     By Brook Larmer

    Korbin Yang, left, and his roommate Oscar Kou at their host family’s house in Oxford, Mich., in 2015.
    CreditMark Peterson/Redux, for The New York Times

  1. The Image of Time

    Returning to the same landscape again and again gives photographers the chance to catch time itself at work.

     By Teju Cole

    Coleman’s Cafe in Greensboro, Ala., as photographed by William Christenberry in 1967.
    CreditWilliam Christenberry
    On Photography

  2. The Stir-Fried Tomatoes and Eggs My Chinese Mother Made

    This dish of savory, sweet-tart tomato sauce folded around soft-scrambled eggs is a taste of home.

     By Francis Lam

    Chinese Stir-Fried Tomatoes and Eggs
    CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times
    Eat

  3. Joe Buck Knows Why You Hate Him

    The Fox Sports play-by-play announcer on sports and politics, his hair-transplant surgery and, sometimes, not talking at all.

     Interview by Ana Marie Cox

    Joe Buck
    CreditDilip Vishwanat for The New York Times
    Talk

  4. Letter of Recommendation: Seed Catalogs

    They encompass nearly all of human history and American identity.

     By Willy Blackmore

    They encompass nearly all of human history and American identity.
    CreditVanessa Mckeown for The New York Times
    Letter of Recommendation

  5. What to Do About a Co-Worker Who Drinks on the Job?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to deal with a possibly alcoholic colleague, whether to inform a school that students are hacking its math homework and what an employer owes its employees.

     By Kwame Anthony Appiah

    CreditIllustration by Tomi Um
    The Ethicist

  1. ‘There Was a Great Want of Civility’

    Selected by Matthew Zapruder.

     Selected by Matthew Zapruder

    CreditIllustration by R. O. Blechman
    Poem

  2. Judge John Hodgman Rules on a Sad Desk Lunch

    A piece of tofurkey between two slices of frozen bread does not a proper meal make.

     By John Hodgman

    CreditIllustration by Kyle Hilton
    Judge John Hodgman

  3. How to Walk on Hand Rails

    Keep feet parallel to rail. Walk deliberately.

     By Jaime Lowe

    CreditIllustration by Radio
    Tip

  4. The 1.22.17 Issue

    Readers respond.

     

    The Story, on Twitter | Per Jake Silverstein, this eagle is a Rorschach test of this weekend’s events: the roar of our freedoms or a tyrant?! — @SReiterLindberg
    CreditDan Winters for The New York Times
    The Thread

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