Arizona Lawmakers Cut Education Budgets. Then Teachers Got Angry.
How a grassroots movement was born from educators working to find out why their schools are so poorly funded.
The 9.9.18 Issue
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Credit A Teacher Made a Hitler Joke in the Classroom. It Tore the School Apart.
At Friends Seminary, an elite private school in Manhattan, an awkward parody of a Nazi salute opened a proxy battle in a larger war over values.
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CreditSarah Anne Ward for The New York Times What Teachers Are Doing to Pay Their Bills
Educators across the country are taking second jobs to make a living.
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CreditBrian Ulrich for The New York Times Teaching in the Age of School Shootings
What happens to teachers who are forced to act as first responders?
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CreditGraeme Mitchell for The New York Times
In the wake of a cheating scandal, an Atlanta principal is charged with raising student performance the right way.
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CreditMark Peterson/Redux, for The New York Times ‘Strategy’ May Be More Useful to Pawns Than to Kings
We imagine it as a concern of the powerful, hunched over the chessboard of the world. But strategic thinking is critical to broad movements, too.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Derek Brahney. Source image of painting: Bridgeman Images. First WordsCan I Tell My Brother the Truth About Our Paternity?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how DNA undoes secrecy.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistElevate Your Chocolate-Chip Cookies
A masterful balance between sweet and tart, crunch and tenderness from a small restaurant in Paris.
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CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times. Food stylist: Frances Boswell. Prop stylist: Pamela Duncan Silver. On DessertThe Dish That Will Make You Fall in Love With Chinese Food
Velvet fish pairs supersoft flounder alongside pillows of tofu, in a glistening wine-dark sauce.
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Letter of Recommendation: Recently Returned Books
One of the few uncurated spaces in modern life can be found at your local library.
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CreditDavid La Spina for The New York Times Letter of RecommendationRashida Tlaib Plans to Be Part of a New Era in the House
The politician on Detroit’s “comeback,” the millionaires in Congress and humanizing Palestinians to people in the United States.
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CreditRo Agents for The New York Times TalkNew Sentences: From ‘Convenience Store Woman’
Sayaka Murata’s novel offers a fascinating way of thinking about your age. Or, more specifically, your ages.
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CreditIllustration by Radio TipJudge John Hodgman on the Gardening Exhibitionist
Is it right to water plants on the apartment balcony in your underwear?
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