Risking Everything to Offer Abortions Across State Lines
Doctors and midwives in blue states are working to get abortion pills into red states — setting the stage for a historic legal clash.
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CreditAlana Paterson for The New York Times He Inherited a New Orleans Jazz Institution. What Does He Owe?
In the 1960s, Ben Jaffe’s family founded Preservation Hall to help keep a defining Black art form alive. In 2022, that’s a complicated part for a white musician to play.
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CreditL. Kasimu Harris for The New York Times What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay
No greater challenge faces humanity than reducing emissions without backsliding into preindustrial poverty. One tiny country is leading the way.
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CreditAlessandro Cinque for The New York Times The Climate Novelist Who Transcends Despair
Lydia Millet believes the natural world can help us become more human.
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Am I Obligated to Look After My Insufferable Mother?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on not helping family members who make it difficult to help.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistJamaican Stew Peas Are a Good Excuse to Slow Down
Finding patience and gentleness in a simmering pot.
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CreditChris Simpson for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophia Pappas. Eat
CreditIllustration by Melanie Lambrick Letter of RecommendationViral Videos of Rats, Roaches and Grime? This Is How New York Flatters Itself
New Yorkers still chuckle at videos of the city’s strangeness — but those images have strange edges.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Mark Harris ScreenlandPoem: During an Enchantment in the Life
Love poems are difficult to write and to read because they can be clichéd. This poem surrounds the topic of love versus sinking in it.
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Judge John Hodgman on Not Wrapping Gifts
Can the right arrangement of couch cushions render an arduous holiday tradition obsolete?
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