What Was Twitter, Anyway?
Whether the platform is dying or not, it’s time to reckon with how exactly it broke our brains.
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The 4.23.23 Issue
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CreditPhotograph by Jamie Chung. Concept by Pablo Delcan. They Saw the Horrific Aftermath of a Mass Shooting. Should We?
The crime-scene investigators are the ones who document, and remember, the unimaginable. This is what they saw at Sandy Hook.
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CreditElinor Carucci for The New York Times The Artist Mark Bradford Is Finally Ready to Go There
After a celebrated career of making oblique work that refused autobiography, he is making his most personal work yet.
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CreditRyan Pfluger for The New York Times How Much Power Should the Courts Have?
In Israel, the United States and other democracies, bitter battles are being waged over the same question.
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Stephen A. Smith Is Under No Obligation to Tell You What You Want to Hear
Debating pronouns, politics, sports and money with the famously argumentative ESPN star.
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CreditMamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times 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.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistA Sexist Colleague Wants My Help Networking. Can I Say No?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on balancing professional courtesy with personal principles.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The ETHICISTWhy TV Can’t Quite Take a Stand on Stan Culture
“Dave” and “Swarm” try to demystify extreme fandom but end up pledging fealty to celebrity.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Max-o-Matic ScreenlandTrying to Find Your Place in the World? Try Birding From a Different Angle.
BirdCast gives us a perspective on our avian friends that we’ve never had before. That changes everything.
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CreditIllustration by Somnath Bhatt Letter of Recommendation
The Secret to Ordering the Best Thing on the Menu
Look for sleeper hits, like these citrus-glazed turnips. We liked them so much we got the recipe.
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CreditChris Simpson for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophia Pappas. EatPoem: I Want Something Other Than Time
The question of death is met with the sweet bewilderment of a poet
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