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How Will Trump’s Supreme Court Remake America?
On abortion, gun rights and more, the future could be determined by how fully the court’s new conservative majority embraces a rigid understanding of the Constitution.
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Credit Piled Bodies, Overflowing Morgues: Inside America’s Autopsy Crisis
Medical examiners provide crucial insights into public health and safety. What happens when we don’t have enough of them?
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CreditSara Naomi Lewkowicz for The New York Times They Killed Their Husbands. Now in Prison, They Feel Free.
Violence against women is rampant in Afghanistan. For some, murdering their husbands was the only way they could escape their abusive marriages.
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My Neighbor Is Putting Others at Risk. Can I Help Him Sell His Place?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on getting a neighbor who is endangering others to sell his house and airing concerns about a student’s TikTok post.
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Sonny Rollins Is at Peace. But He Regrets Trying to One-Up Coltrane.
The jazz icon, 89, says “I am the most content I’ve ever been.” He recalls thinking of John Coltrane as a “whippersnapper.”
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CreditPhotograph by Mamadi Doumbouya TalkWhat’s a Quibi? A Way to Amuse Yourself Until You’re Dead
Ads for the new streaming service paint a grim picture of a culture exasperated with itself — but which does not expect to change.
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CreditPhoto Illustration by Najeebah Al-Ghadban ScreenlandShe Had Pain in Her Knee but No Obvious Injury. Why?
An 11-year-old athlete was suffering from pain, but all her tests kept coming back negative. What was going on?
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CreditPhoto illustration by Ina Jang DiagnosisLetter of Recommendation: ‘Treasure Island’
Like the best children’s literature, Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel looks to lure young readers into the adult world, not to cosset them from it.
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CreditIllustration by Tim Enthoven Letter of RecommendationIf you live with others, sleep in separate rooms. Keep windows open. Get an indoor pet.
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A microscopic gaze into the mysteries of relationships.
By Carmen Giménez Smith and
Credit PoemJudge John Hodgman on Step-Tracking Competitions
If you suspect your significant other has an unfair advantage, what should you do?
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CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy Judge John Hodgman
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