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The 10.31.21 Issue

Highlights

  2. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon

    The deadly port blast, the triple-digit inflation, the energy shortages — Lebanon’s many crises have a shared root: misrule by a self-dealing elite.

     By Rania Abouzeid

    The Port of Beirut in August, a year after the explosion.
    CreditDiego Ibarra Sánchez for The New York Times

  1. The Son My Sister Placed for Adoption Wants to Find Her. What Should I Do?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on confidentiality and our claims to know our biological ancestry.

     By Kwame Anthony Appiah

    CreditIllustration by Tomi Um
    The Ethicist

  2. How Social Media Turned ‘Prioritizing Mental Health’ Into a Trap

    Online fame can be taxing. For one new show, that’s a clever excuse to pay even more attention to a famous family.

     By Amanda Hess

    CreditPhoto illustration by Anthony Gerace
    Screenland

  3. He Had Severe Abdominal Pain and a Fever. It Wasn’t Food Poisoning.

    He was too weak to even get out of the bed to go to the bathroom. What could be causing this devastating illness?

     By Lisa Sanders, M.D.

    CreditPhoto illustration by Ina Jang
    Diagnosis

  4. Dinner for 10? Make This Party Wreath.

    This festively retro dish will delight a dinner with friends, however many you invite.

     By Tejal Rao

    CreditRyan Liebe for The New York Times. Food stylist: Sue Li. Prop stylist: Nicole Louie.
    Eat

  5. Why We Need ‘Goosebumps’ More Than Ever

    Thanks to R.L. Stine’s scary stories for kids, I’ve been able to replace some of the real horrors of the past year with fears outlandish enough to laugh at.

     By Madelyne Xiao

    CreditIllustration by Paige Mehrer
    Letter of Recommendation

  1. Poem: [If you want to make it to the moon]

    From Dan Chiasson's “The Math Campers,” a book that is funky the way that math is.

     By Dan Chiasson and Reginald Dwayne Betts

    CreditIllustration by R. O. Blechman
    Poem

  2. How to Remember What Your Doctor Says

    Assert yourself, particularly if you’re confused. Try repeating what you’re hearing.

     By Malia Wollan

    CreditIllustration by Radio
    Tip

  3. Judge John Hodgman on the Family Netflix Account

    An 18-year-old daughter demands to be allowed access to TV-MA (mature) shows.

     By John Hodgman

    CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy
    Judge John Hodgman

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