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Mitch McConnell Got Everything He Wanted. But at What Cost?
The president whom the Senate Republican leader helped elect has turned out to be the one thing he can’t control.
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The 1.27.19 Issue
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A Private Investigator Wanted to Prove His Clients Innocent. Will His Methods Be His Own Undoing?
In the poorest congressional district in the country, where thousands of people are arrested each year, one former cop with a complicated past made high-profile cases fall apart by insisting that the ends justified his means.
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How Afghans Have Adapted to Life After Losing a Limb
Photographs of prosthetics made by Afghans who had to rely on their own ingenuity when they were wounded in war.
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Is Being a ‘Minority’ Really Just a Matter of Numbers?
It feels like simple math: One group of people outnumbers another. But as those numbers change, this logic — and what it implies about power — falls apart.
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My Son’s Tutor Slipped Me Entrance-Exam Questions. Should I Report Him?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on informing a school you’ve been given its entrance exam and contacting a half-sibling after a birth parent declines to meet you.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistThe Joys of Grilling in the Winter
Slow-cook a smoky pork shoulder in the muffled silence of snowfall.
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CreditPaola & Murray for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Rebecca Bartoshesky. EatRegina King Believes Hollywood Can Reach Parity
The actor, director and producer on her recent Golden Globe win, her commitment to hiring women and why Oprah is an industry role model.
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CreditCeleste Sloman for The New York Times TalkIntense exercise may change the way certain neurons influence our appetite and metabolism.
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CreditIllustration by Celia Jacobs WellNew Sentences: From Sy Hoahwah’s ‘Hinterlands’
A whole sprawling history of the United States, packed into one line of poetry.
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Letter of Recommendation: Spider Webs
A chance to encounter the sublime — without having to leave your backyard.
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CreditArtwork by Vija Celmins/Matthew Marks Gallery Letter of RecommendationUnderstand what triggers your anger, then try some role-playing exercises. Don’t count on catharsis or pharmacology.
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CreditIllustration by Radio TipBehind the Cover: Opportunity Cost
For this issue, a look at Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader.
Credit Issue 1.27.19Judge John Hodgman on Weird Sleep Rituals
Can you coerce your significant other to replicate a childhood tradition? What if it’s really strange?
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