How the Skagit Valley Chorale Learned to Sing Again Amid Covid
A year ago, their rehearsal was one of the first documented superspreader events. But tragedy and isolation couldn’t keep their voices apart.
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CreditHolly Andres for The New York Times Their Lawsuit Prevented 400,000 Deportations. Now It’s Biden’s Call.
Trump tried to end a 30-year program that shielded migrants, many fleeing conditions that U.S. foreign policy helped foster. What does America owe them?
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CreditAlessandra Sanguinetti/Magnum, for The New York Times I’m Incarcerated. This Is My Covid Lockdown Story.
As one blockmate after another fell ill, we tried to stay safe and care for one another. It wasn’t always enough.
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CreditIllustration by Katherine Lam - The Ethicist
My Child’s Egg Donor Is Latin American. Does That Make Him Latino?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what forms our identity and the importance of informed consent to medical procedures.
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Where Even O.J. Simpson Can Judge You
Online, just about anyone — anyone at all — can find a foothold in the national conversation.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Mike McQuade ScreenlandThe Unsung Influence of a Pioneering Food Journalist
Jane Nickerson made Craig Claiborne possible and put the cheeseburger on the map. Her recipe for lime pie is a taste of Florida sunshine.
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CreditHeami Lee for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Amy Wilson. EatCovid Closed Theaters. But It Also Made Them Accessible.
Before 2020, theater often felt inaccessible to me, a luxury for those who were more able-bodied or lived in certain cities. Now I’m obsessed.
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CreditIllustration by Ariel Davis Letter of RecommendationA Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Komunyakaa has mastered the ability to turn the mundane into memorable.
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Credit PoemEven if it’s difficult, admit you were wrong and share only your remorse.
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CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy Judge John Hodgman
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