Will Real Estate Ever Be Normal Again?
In Austin, Texas, and cities around the country, prices are skyrocketing, forcing regular people to act like speculators. When will it end?
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CreditPhoto Illustration by Dan Winters The Emily Ratajkowski You’ll Never See
With her new book, the model tries to escape the oppressions of the male gaze. So our writer is keeping some of her secrets.
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CreditAmanda Demme for The New York Times The 1619 Project and the Long Battle Over U.S. History
Fights over how we tell our national story go back more than a century — and have a great deal to teach us about our current divisions.
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Yuval Noah Harari Believes This Simple Story Can Save the Planet
“We need to stay away from the apocalyptic thinking that it’s too late and the world is ending and move toward a more practical thing: 2 percent of the budget.”
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What Do I Owe My Difficult Mother-in-Law?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on why offering regular help creates sometimes unwelcome obligations of its own — and more.
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CreditLinda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophie Leng. EatA Doctor Asks Two Strange Questions That Reveal a Mysterious Disease
She had a persistent cough that cracked a rib, and her body ached all the time. What was it?
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CreditPhoto illustration by Ina Jang DiagnosisHow Volunteer Firefighting Helped Me Process My Grief
Facing a world on fire turns out to be a great way not to contemplate one’s own misfortunes.
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Poem: From the Pocket of His Lip
Even on the saddest days, with the saddest memories, we do more than curse with our pink confessions.
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CreditIllustration by R. O. Blechman PoemJudge John Hodgman on Menu Talk
A husband thinks you should have to decide what to order within minutes.
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