Into the Black Forest With the Greatest Living Artist
How does Anselm Kiefer conjure such brutal beauty, such overwhelming gravity? To find out, the novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard followed him back to the source.
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They Sold Human Beings Here
For hundreds of years, enslaved people were bought and sold in America. Today most of the sites of this trade are forgotten. As part of The 1619 Project, we photographed 12 of them.
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Can the King of Ultrarunning Conquer a Race as Short as the Marathon?
Jim Walmsley has smashed records at 50 and 100 miles. Now he hopes to make the Olympics in a distance he’s never run: 26.2 miles.
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How Alabama’s Senate Primary Became a Trump Loyalty Contest
For Jeff Sessions, Roy Moore and other Republicans vying for a chance to take back Doug Jones’s seat, winning over voters may mean winning over the president first.
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My Ex-Wife Bad-Mouths Me to Our Boys. Can I Tell Them the Truth About Her?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what to do when your cheating ex says terrible things about you to your kids and more.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um EthicistHow Cooking Dinner Can Change Your Life
The Times’s Food Editor discovered the extraordinary power of the ordinary meal. You can, too.
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CreditSarah Anne Ward for The New York Times. Food stylist: Frances Boswell. Prop stylist: Amy Elise Wilson. Eat‘The L Word’ Was a Trailblazer. Can a Reboot Keep Up With the Culture?
For some queer women, the original was a first glimpse of lesbianism onscreen. But the new version has a debt to repay, and it knows it.
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CreditPhoto Illustration by Najeebah Al-Ghadban ScreenlandHe Had Trouble Breathing, and Inhalers Didn’t Help. What Was Going On?
He’d had episodes of coughing and wheezing since he was a boy. Now in his 60s, he worried his symptoms would force him to quit working.
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CreditGrant Cornett for The New York Times Letter of Recommendation
Use reindeer peer pressure — harness and lead the dominant bulls. Prepare for long hours in subfreezing temperatures.
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CreditIllustration by Radio TipJudge John Hodgman on Enjoying ‘Cats’ Sincerely
Can a friend be compelled to admit that her love for the movie “Cats” is a sarcastic bit?
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CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy Judge John HodgmanBehind the Cover: In Search of Anselm Kiefer
For this issue, a look at one of the world's greatest living artists.
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