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The 4.16.23 Issue

Highlights

  1. the future of work

    You Call This ‘Flexible Work’?

    Labor fought for a long time to draw a bright line between work and home. It took almost no time at all to erase it.

     By

    CreditIllustration by Brian Rea
  2. The Future of Work

    What Do People Do All Day?

    Now that work is more flexible, see how nine people are using their time in new ways.

     By

    Credit
  3. The future of work

    The R.T.O. Whisperers Have a Plan

    A niche group of consultants is trying to get you back to the office. It’s not going too well.

     By

    CreditPhoto illustration by Derek Brahney
  4. When Your Boss Is an App

    Gig work has been silently taking over new industries, but not in the way many expected.

     By

    CreditIllustration by Derek Abella
  1. What I Learned Dogsitting for New York City’s Opulent Elite

    In a city of yawning class inequality, some side hustles let you glimpse how the other half lives.

     By

    CreditHolly Andres for The New York Times
    Letter of Recommendation
  2. My Rich Friend Lied to Get Financial Aid. Should I Confront Her?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to respond when a peer engages in fraud.

     By

    CreditIllustration by Tomi Um
    The Ethicist
  3. My Brother Sexually Abused Me. Do I Tell His Children?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on disclosing a sibling’s past actions to other family members.

     By

    CreditIllustration by Tomi Um
    The ETHICIST
  4. Yotam Ottolenghi’s Top 10 Ingredients, in One Dish

    After 20 years of tinkering with flavors, the chef makes his way back to the classic hits.

     By

    CreditChris Simpson for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophia Pappas.
    Eat
  5. Hollywood’s Newest Stars? Nike, BlackBerry and Cheetos.

    A new spate of films stars not people but consumer products.

     By

    CreditPhoto illustration by Celina Pereira
    Screenland
  1. Poem: On Jasmine

    This poem operates by a kind of fairy logic: mesmerizing, oneiric, enchanted, with language that surprises and clauses that seem to magnetically adhere.

     By Verity Spott and

    CreditIllustration by R. O. Blechman
    Poem
  2. Judge John Hodgman on Cheating at Pub Trivia

    The judge brings clarity to a gray area in the photo round.

     By

    CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy
    Judge John Hodgman

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