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Magazine

The 4.30.17 Issue

Highlights

  1. Feature

    Can Facebook Fix Its Own Worst Bug?

    Mark Zuckerberg now acknowledges the dangerous side of the social revolution he helped start. But is the most powerful tool for connection in human history capable of adapting to the world it created?

     By Farhad Manjoo

    Mark Zuckerberg.
    CreditSpencer Lowell for The New York Times. Illustration by Mike McQuade.
  2. Feature

    Rei Kawakubo, Interpreter of Dreams

    The 74-year-old force behind the avant-garde label Comme des Garçons makes otherworldly clothes that express hidden desires and fears.

     Photographs by Erik Madigan Heck and Text by Leanne Shapton

    CreditErik Madigan Heck for The New York Times
  3. Feature

    The Other Side of Anne of Green Gables

    A new Netflix series aims to explore the trauma behind the heroine. Is there a risk to rewriting a beloved book?

     By Willa Paskin

    Amybeth McNulty, the star of the book’s coming Netflix adaptation, “Anne With an E,” near her home in County Donegal, Ireland.
    CreditEva O’Leary for The New York Times
  4. Feature

    The C.E.O. of H.I.V.

    Michael Weinstein’s AIDS Healthcare Foundation treats an enormous number of patients — and makes an enormous amount of money. Is that why so many activists distrust him?

     By Christopher Glazek

    Weinstein in the Sunset Boulevard A.H.F. pharmacy.
    CreditJeff Minton for The New York Times

  1. The Border Is All Around Us, and It’s Growing

    Over the past century, it has grown from an abstract notion into a sprawling system of barriers and rules — one that stretches far beyond the country’s perimeter.

     By Laila Lalami

    CreditIllustration by Derek Brahney
    First Words

  2. Could Legalized Gambling Save Us From the Insufferability of Fantasy Sports?

    Sports betting offers the prospect of restoring an older, purer version of fandom — rooting for teams over players.

     By Jay Caspian Kang

    CreditPhoto illustration by Cristiana Couceiro
    On Sports

  3. Letter of Recommendation: ‘Pistol Pete’s Homework Basketball’

    Released in 1987, the videos offer some rather esoteric lessons.

     By Barrett Swanson

    Released in 1987, the videos offer lessons on the fundamentals.
    CreditScreenshots from YouTube
    Letter of Recommendation

  4. The Founders of theSkimm Think They’re a Gateway Drug to the News

    Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg on their popular news digest and targeting millennials while remaining nonpartisan.

     Interview by Ana Marie Cox

    Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg.
    CreditAndrew T. Warman for The New York Times
    Talk

  5. Provence in a Bowl

    Jessica B. Harris’s soupe au pistou will take you from spring through summer, with your pot reflecting the bounty of the seasons.

     By Tejal Rao

    Soupe au pistou (vegetable soup with pesto).
    CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times
    Eat

  1. Baking Is All in the Hands

    So much of the pleasure is tied to touch.

     By Dorie Greenspan

    Strawberry shortcake, a dish that captures all that is joyful, comforting and even magical about baking.
    CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times
    On Desserts

  2. Should I Get a Pet From a No-Kill Shelter?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what to take into account when adopting a pet, protecting a stepsibling from your mother and what defines ethnicity.

     By Kwame Anthony Appiah

    CreditIllustration by Tomi Um
    The Ethicist

  3. Judge John Hodgman on the Deal to Eat a Spoonful of Dirt

    Just get it over with. Your brother paid you a dollar to make a fool of yourself, and we all want to see it.

     By John Hodgman

    CreditIllustration by Kyle Hilton
    Judge John Hodgman

  4. What Caused This College Student’s Stomach Pain and Vomiting?

    No one could figure out the problem — until it was too late.

     By Lisa Sanders, M.d.

    CreditIllustration by Andreas Samuelsson
    Diagnosis

  5. New Sentences: From ‘Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File,’ by John Edgar Wideman

    A question posed without a question mark becomes something else entirely.

     By Sam Anderson

    CreditIllustration by Kyle Hilton
    New Sentences

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