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The 5.9.21 Issue

Highlights

  2. The G.O.P. Won It All in Texas. Then It Turned on Itself.

    The Republican Party trounced the Democrats at every level in Texas in November, only to see its politicians turn on one another over the pandemic and voter-fraud conspiracy theories.

     By Elaina Plott

    CreditIllustration by Andrew Rae

  3. What If Everything We Know About Gymnastics Is Wrong?

    In the wake of a seismic scandal, Chellsie Memmel and other gymnasts are done with inhumane coaching — and the idea that they have to peak in their teens.

     By Lizzie Feidelson

    Memmel at her family gym in New Berlin, Wis.
    CreditCait Oppermann for The New York Times

  4. The Composer at the Frontier of Movie Music

    Nicholas Britell’s scores — for “Succession,” “Moonlight” and “The Underground Railroad,” among others — suggest whole new ways of writing for film and television.

     By Jamie Fisher

    CreditKholood Eid for The New York Times

  1. Stephen Fry Would Like to Remind You That You Have No Free Will

    “Nobody elects to be a sociopath. The difference between us and them is one of degree.”

     By David Marchese

    CreditPhoto illustration by Bráulio Amado.
    Talk

  2. I’m Pro-Choice. Can I Donate to Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Clinics?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to weigh doing good against the beliefs of the do-gooder and becoming a godmother without being a Catholic.

     By Kwame Anthony Appiah

    CreditTomi Um
    The Ethicist

  3. The Oldest Productivity Trick Around

    Too often I spent my days wanting to write and not writing. The simple power of the check mark helped me get back on track.

     By Amitava Kumar

    CreditIllustration by The New York Times
    Letter of Recommendation

  4. Could ‘Young Rock’ Be Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Apprentice’?

    A wrestler’s job is to sell an absurd fiction, and make it reality — maybe it’s not so different from politics.

     By Jeremy Gordon

    CreditPhoto illustration by Mike McQuade
    Screenland

  5. How to Forget Something

    With effort, it’s possible to forget certain memories. Start by identifying what triggers them.

     By Malia Wollan

    CreditIllustration by Radio
    Tip

  1. Poem: New Year’s Eve

    Maps that convince you that we are in a sea of anything but too much suffering are only worthwhile if they inspire a poem.

     By Tomás Q. Morín and Reginald Dwayne Betts

    Credit
    Poem

  2. Judge John Hodgman on Ben & Jerry’s Flavors

    One couple can’t agree on the classics.

     By John Hodgman

    CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy
    Judge John Hodgman

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