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The 12.2.18 Issue

Highlights

  1. Feature

    The Insect Apocalypse Is Here

    What does it mean for the rest of life on Earth?

     By Brooke Jarvis

    CreditPhoto illustrations by Matt Dorfman. Source photographs: Bridgeman Images.
  2. Feature

    In Donald Trump’s Census, Who Counts?

    How the Trump administration’s plan to add a controversial new question to the 2020 census could transform a pillar of American democracy.

     By Emily Bazelon

    CreditPhoto illustration by Tyler Comrie. Body source photograph: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg, via Getty Images. Counter source photograph: Stefan Kunert/Alamy.
  3. Feature

    The American Casualties of Trump’s Trade War

    Tariffs on Chinese imports have endangered small business around the United States — a growing nightmare that critics say the president could have avoided.

     By Guy Lawson

    Sam Cobb, chief executive of Real Wood Floors, which has lost 25 percent of its business with customers in China because of the trade war.
    CreditBrian Ulrich for The New York Times

  1. On the Trump-Mood Beat — But Why?

    Making sense of the president’s emotional state is now a media obsession, but how much is there really to understand?

     By Mark Leibovich

    President Trump in the Oval Office in October.
    CreditSaul Loeb/AFP/Getty
    Notebook

  2. New Sentences: From ‘Winners Take All,’ by Anand Giridharadas

    Why do we pretend that understanding business means understanding everything else, too?

     By Sam Anderson

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    New Sentences

  3. Do I Tell My Father That My Brother Might Not Be His Son?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to tell an aging parent your brother is not his son and taking out a student loan to help your sibling.

     By Kwame Anthony Appiah

    CreditIllustration by Tomi Um
    The Ethicist

  4. 48 of the Coolest Kids in New York

    We sent a photographer to look for the most fashionable kids in the city. She began on the first day of school and shot for two months. Here are the standouts.

     By Marcy Swingle

    <strong>SERENITY JORDAN, 9 </strong><br /><em>Clinton Hill, Brooklyn</em><br /> I chose this outfit because it’s going to be very, very hot. These sneakers glow in the dark. The headband I just liked because it was fluffy.
    CreditMarcy Swingle for The New York Times
    The new york times for kids

  5. Mike Birbiglia Thinks You Don’t Know How to Tell a Story

    The comedian and filmmaker on his Broadway show about not wanting to have a child – and what his daughter will think of it someday.

     Interview by Dan Amira

    Mike Birbiglia
    CreditSally Montana for The New York Times
    Talk

  1. Letter of Recommendation: Jazz on European TV

    If you’re trying to get a grasp of classic jazz, forget about listening for a second — try watching.

     By John Lingan

    Thelonious Monk in Oslo with the bassist Larry Gales in 1966, in a video preserved on YouTube.
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    Letter of Recommendation

  2. When Is ‘Civility’ a Duty, and When Is It a Trap?

    Sometimes it manages conflict and preserves our freedom; sometimes it does precisely the opposite. We may be obligated to sort out which is which.

     By ZZ Packer

    CreditPhoto illustration by Derek Brahney/New Studio. Alligator: Getty Images. Girl: Fox Photos, via Getty Images.
    First Words

  3. A Rash on Her Palms and the Bottoms of Her Feet Was the Clue That Turned the Case

    Her doctors thought the young woman had a virus commonly seen in children. But when she only got worse, one doctor looked elsewhere.

     By Lisa Sanders, M.D.

    CreditIllustration by Haik Avanian
    Diagnosis

  4. ‘They’re Going to Come for Us’: A Teenage Girl Caught in a War’s Riptides

    In 1998, tens of thousands of Eritreans were kicked out of Ethiopia and forced to start over in a country they barely recognized. She was one of them.

     By Salem Solomon

    Young soldiers march in Asmara during Eritrea’s Independence Day celebrations, as the country went on alert for possible war over a border dispute with Ethiopia in May 1998.
    CreditAssociated Press Photos/Sami Sallinen
    At War

  5. Not Your Dickensian Bowl of Porridge

    Rice — left to rest overnight — is mixed with a brown-butter-squash purée to create a dish that is as satisfying at dinner as it is at breakfast.

     By Tejal Rao

    CreditJohnny Miller for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Hilary Robertson.
    Eat

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