How ‘West Side Story’ Was Reborn
Inside the wildly ambitious effort to reimagine the class musical for 2020.
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The 1.26.20 Issue
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The Saudi Connection: Inside the 9/11 Case That Divided the F.B.I.
A small team of agents spent years investigating whether one of Washington’s closest allies was involved in the worst terror attack in U.S. history. This is their story.
By Tim Golden and
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Becoming a Man
What I learned about masculinity from my father, my father-in-law and my own transition.
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Should I Tell My Aunt That Her Costume Is Racist?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the trouble with criticizing “cultural appropriation” and more.
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End Your Meal Elegantly With Candied Oranges
They are as beautiful as French glacéed fruits but easier to make and much more refreshing.
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Maybe — if researchers can figure out how to a measure a “dose,” for starters.
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CreditIllustration by Ori Toor STUDIES SHOWMichael Bloomberg’s Radically Conventional Campaign Against Donald Trump
The New York mayor has spent hundreds of millions of dollars attacking the president’s policies rather than his personality.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Mike McQuade ScreenlandLetter of Recommendation: John Waters’s ‘Desperate Living’
The director’s most difficult to watch commercial feature points to our current political situation with unsettling aim.
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CreditSteve Yeager/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Letter of RecommendationTrue amusia is rare — if you can hear pitch shifts, you can sing them. Just trust yourself and sing more.
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Judge John Hodgman on the Proper Disposal of Mouse Corpses
What should be done about a roommate who tosses them in the trash can?
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CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy Judge John HodgmanPoem: Grandmother’s Garden, Section 18
The lyrical passages in Meena Alexander’s eloquent final book track her lifetime of far-flung journeys, crisscrossing the globe, from her own childhood in Kerala, India, to Venice and Manhattan.
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Credit PoemBehind the Cover: Remaking ‘West Side Story’
For this issue, wrestling with one of the most beloved musicals in Broadway history.
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Studies ShowWe Know How to Curb the Pandemic. How Do We Make People Listen?
Could better public health messaging persuade more people to change their behavior?
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