How TikTok Became a Diplomatic Crisis
A Chinese app conquered the planet — and now the U.S. is threatening to shut it down. Can the world’s biggest virality machine survive?
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The 12.25.22 Issue
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CreditPhoto illustration by Pablo Delcan Was the Civil War Inevitable?
A historian of the conflict traces the path to disunion in the 1850s — and the lessons it holds for our own era of deep division.
By David W. Blight and
CreditIllustration by Max-o-matic The Miraculous Life and Afterlife of Charlene Richard
She died in 1959, at age 12. But for Catholics in her Louisiana community, that was just the beginning of her incredible story — and a decades-long fight to make her a saint.
By Nathaniel Rich and
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Someone Lonely Considers Me a Friend. Should I Stay in His Life?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the obligations we have to friends who are struggling.
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A Holiday Surprise From Yotam Ottolenghi
It’s party season! Bring some fun to your next gathering with a savory pie that conceals a cheesy filling of butternut squash and chard.
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CreditChris Simpson for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophia Pappas. EatKeeping a Dream Journal Helped Me See My Worries in a New Way
When the concerns I was recording became repetitive, I followed this free insight into my subconscious.
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CreditIllustration by Niklas Wesner Letter of RecommendationHow Do You Protest in the Face of Censorship? An Empty Sign.
In China, Russia and the United Kingdom, unmarked sheets of white paper have become a potent symbol of defiance.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Alicia Tatone ScreenlandThe Navajo word can mean both green or blue. In this poem, it is perhaps a metaphor for the mixture of elusive emotions that can coexist within humans.
By Esther G. Belin and
CreditIllustration by R. O. Blechman PoemJudge John Hodgman on Christmas Gifts for the Unborn
Should a family expecting in January treat Christmas like a baby shower?
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CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy Judge John Hodgman
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