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4.29.18 Issue

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    How Janelle Monáe Found Her Voice

    After hiding behind an alter ego for years, the pop star is ready to step into a more authentic self with ‘Dirty Computer.’

     By Jenna Wortham

    CreditPhoto illustration by Bráulio Amado. Source photo: C Flanigan/Getty Images.
  2. Feature

    The Mets Try the Personal Touch

    Mickey Callaway and a wave of rookie baseball managers are out to prove that understanding people is as important as crunching numbers.

     By Bruce Schoenfeld

    Mickey Callaway, new manager of the New York Mets.
    CreditDavid La Spina for The New York Times
  3. Feature

    How Devin Nunes Turned the House Intelligence Committee Inside Out

    In inquiries on Benghazi and Russia and beyond, the California congressman has displayed a deep mistrust of the expert consensus on reality — a disposition that has helped him make friends in the current White House.

     By Jason Zengerle

    CreditIllustration by Mike McQuade. Source photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images
  4. Feature

    A Lynching’s Long Shadow

    Elwood Higginbotham was murdered by a mob in 1935. For his descendants, a new historical inquiry into his death offers a chance to confront the past.

     By Vanessa Gregory

    A possible burial site of Elwood Higginbotham in Oxford, Miss.
    CreditJoshua Rashaad McFadden for The New York Times

  1. Online or in Politics, ‘Backlash’ Is as Predictable as Weather

    Every bit of news sparks tidy cycles of backlash and anti-backlash — the sound of people who can’t sort out who’s actually winning the argument.

     By Cameron Tung

    CreditPhoto illustration by Derek Brahney
    First Words

  2. Facebook and the ‘Dead Body’ Problem

    Most privacy violations don’t carry a risk of violence — which is exactly why political will on curbing data abuse is so hard to muster.

     By Gideon Lewis-Kraus

    CreditIllustration by Jon Han
    On Technology

  3. I’m a 73-Year-Old Cancer Survivor. Can I Accept a Kidney?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on who deserves an organ transplant, a problematic Uber driver and protecting a friend from a bad acquaintance.

     By Kwame Anthony Appiah

    CreditIllustration by Tomi Um
    The Ethicist

  4. A Green Goddess Dressing for When Speed Matters

    Mayonnaise from your fridge is the key to pulling this salad together quickly.

     By Samin Nosrat

    Green goddess dressing.
    CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times
    Eat

  5. Jimmy Carter Knows What North Korea Wants

    The 39th president of the United States on international relations and life after cancer.

     By Dan Amira

    Jimmy Carter.
    CreditSally Montana for The New York Times
    Talk

  1. Think Biking or Walking to Work Would Take Too Long? Think Again

    People often overestimate the time required to commute actively.

     By Gretchen Reynolds

    CreditIllustration by Giacomo Bagnara
    Well

  2. Letter of Recommendation: Escape Rooms

    Being locked in a room of puzzles can be therapeutic — especially for couples.

     By Molly Young

    Being locked in a room of puzzles can be therapeutic — especially for couples.
    CreditIllustration by Armando Veve
    Letter of Recommendation

  3. New Sentences: From Tracy K. Smith’s ‘Wade in the Water’

    How many fleeting associations combine to make up a life?

     By Sam Anderson

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    New Sentences

  4. How to Fall Off a Horse

    Tuck chin to chest. If you’re going down head first, use your arms as a “crumple zone.”

     By Malia Wollan

    CreditIllustration by Radio
    Tip

  5. The Year the Law Changed

    Selected by Terrance Hayes.

     By Carol Muske-Dukes

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    Poem

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