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The 7.16.2017 Issue

Highlights

  1. Feature

    This Town Melts Down

    A veteran political reporter takes stock of how Washington has — and hasn’t — changed in the time of Trump.

     By Mark Leibovich

    In this illustration: Sean Spicer, Kellyanne Conway, Kid Rock, Pepe the Frog and others.
    CreditIllustration by Andrew Rae
  2. Feature

    Arks of the Apocalypse

    All around the world, scientists are building repositories of everything from seeds to ice to mammal milk — racing to preserve a natural order that is fast disappearing.

     Photographs by Spencer Lowell and Text By Malia Wollan

    Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Spitsbergen Island, Norway.
    CreditSpencer Lowell for The New York Times
  3. Feature

    A Small-Town Police Officer’s War on Drugs

    New Hampshire has the second-highest rate of drug overdoses in the country. Eric Adams in Laconia (population 16,000) has been assigned one task: to stop them.

     By Benjamin Rachlin

    A Laconia emergency team responding to an overdose last month.
    CreditNatalie Keyssar for The New York Times
  4. First Words

    How Do We Contend With Trump’s Defiance of ‘Norms’?

    We know what’s supposed to happen when people break laws. But what should happen when a leader repeatedly violates the customs and principles that guide everyone else?

     By Emily Bazelon

    CreditIllustration by Vanessa McKeown

  1. Letter of Recommendation: Detroit Techno

    Americans tend to associate techno with Europe, but it’s a product of the Rust Belt.

     By Shuja Haider

    CreditPhoto illustration by Yoshi Sodeoka
    Letter of Recommendation

  2. My Grandmother’s Shroud

    Her death prompted a search for her in photographs — our reservoirs of memory, our talismans of mourning.

     By Teju Cole

    The author’s grandmother and his wife in 2015.
    CreditTeju Cole
    On Photography

  3. Jenny Slate Hates Being Oversimplified

    The actress on being compared with Lena Dunham, her forgetfulness and that one episode of “S.N.L.”

     Interview by Ana Marie Cox

    Jenny Slate
    CreditAndrew T. Warman for The New York Times
    Talk

  4. The Surprising Elegance of Braised Beef Tongue

    The unconventional cut dressed with sauce gribiche can make you appreciate a meat you might otherwise avoid.

     By Gabrielle Hamilton

    Braised tongue dressed with a sauce gribiche lively with tarragon and parsley, cornichons and capers.
    CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times. Food stylist: Hadas Smirnoff. Prop stylist: Rebecca Bartoshesky.
    Eat

  5. When a Patient’s Mom Is Slipping Her Daughter Prozac

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what to do when a young woman is being medicated without her knowledge, whether to report a sexist boss who is seeking promotion and more.

     By Kwame Anthony Appiah

    CreditIllustration by Tomi Um
    The Ethicist

  1. Judge John Hodgman Rules on How to Eat Ravioli

    There are guidelines for this, but at the end of the day, does it really matter?

     By John Hodgman

    CreditIllustration by Kyle Hilton
    Judge John Hodgman

  2. From the King

    Selected by Terrance Hayes.

     By Nick Makoha

    CreditIllustration by R. O. Blechman
    Poem

  3. How to Draw Blood

    Trust your fingertips. Avoid “fishing” with the needle under the skin.

     By Malia Wollan

    CreditIllustration by Radio
    Tip

  4. New Sentences: From ‘You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,’ by Sherman Alexie

    A study in how repetition can be a kind of statement in itself.

     By Sam Anderson

    Credit
    New Sentences

  5. The 7.2.17 Issue

    Readers respond.

     

    The Story, On Twitter | Sorry, folks, but the @NYTmag cover is about aliens. I’ll catch you later. @dylanlscott
    Credit
    The Thread

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