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When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy
As a young social psychologist, she played by the rules and won big: an influential study, a viral TED talk, a prestigious job at Harvard. Then, suddenly, the rules changed.
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Rex Tillerson and the Unraveling of the State Department
With an isolated leader, a demoralized diplomatic corps and a president dismantling international relations one tweet at a time, American foreign policy is adrift in the world.
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How the Appetite for Emojis Complicates the Effort to Standardize the World’s Alphabets
Do the volunteers behind Unicode, whose mission is to bring all human languages into the digital sphere, have enough bandwidth to deal with emojis too?
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The Superweirdo Behind ‘Thor: Ragnarok’
To revamp the most boring superhero in the Marvel pantheon, the company turned to an eccentric indie filmmaker from New Zealand. Will Americans like the view inside Taika Waititi’s head?
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Why Is ‘Politicization’ So Partisan?
Accusations of “politicizing” may seem like mudslinging but reflect deeper assumptions about what is objective truth.
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The country’s peculiar trading entanglements make sanctions possible. Will its longtime enabler finally make them enforceable?
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the nature of forgiveness and more.
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Katsudon — a bowl of rice topped with slices of pork cutlet, onions and barely cooked eggs — can be transcendent.
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Bree Newsome Thinks Allies Should Be Protesting
The activist on the intersection of faith and politics and the importance of white protesters in Charlottesville.
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CreditColby Katz for The New York Times TalkNew Sentences: From ‘Smile,’ by Roddy Doyle
The “little man” in this character’s stomach is a charming way to picture our alienation from our own bodies.
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Credit PoemJudge John Hodgman on a Baffling Lyrical Discrepancy
How should one sing a line that was bungled in the original recording?
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CreditIllustration by Kyle Hilton Judge John HodgmanDon’t look inward; focus on what’s going on outside your body. Resist “situational avoidance.”
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