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Andrew Cuomo’s White-Knuckle Ride
Amid scandals, accusations and calls for his resignation, the New York governor seems determined to prove that the instincts that have gotten him into trouble can get him out of it too.
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The 4.18.21 Issue
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The Woman Who Made van Gogh
Neglected by art history for decades, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, the painter’s sister-in-law, is finally being recognized as the force who opened the world’s eyes to his genius.
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The ‘Herald Square Bomber’ Who Wasn’t
After 9/11, U.S. authorities used informants to secure hundreds of terror convictions. But did they help create plots where none existed?
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Adam McKay on How To Be Political and Entertaining and Not Destroy the World
“Is there a sincere attempt to understand the world, or is the action just one of manipulation and distraction?”
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Is It OK to Use Money Raised for a Child’s Cancer Care on a Car?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the limits of GoFundMe, whether to identify as L.G.B.T.Q. and unequal inheritances.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistNothing Could Make Her Body Stop Itching. Would It Ever End?
It felt like the itch was coming from somehow under her skin. The cause ended up being even deeper.
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Videos of a mysterious celestial phenomenon captured a once-common human emotion: awe at the wonder of the heavens.
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With some trepidation, Gabrielle Hamilton puts her own spin on risi e bisi — rice and peas.
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Joining a pickup game can be a way of freeing yourself from the fear of failure.
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Judge John Hodgman on What Constitutes Time Travel
One dad thinks he knows better than the director of "Back to the Future."
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CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy Judge John HodgmanAdam Zagajewski, a poet of immigrants and exile, remains with us in verse.
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