Can a Rapper Change Italy’s Mind About Migrants?
As the country’s right-wing government takes a hard line on Mediterranean immigration, the hip-hop artist Ghali has become a prominent voice of compassion.
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CreditAndrea Frazzetta for The New York Times The Art of Telling Forbidden Stories in China
Many writers are looking for ways to capture the everyday realities that the government keeps hidden — sometimes at their own peril.
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CreditTommy Kha for The New York Times How a Sexual Assault in a School Bathroom Became a Political Weapon
It was an explosive claim — that a Virginia school district covered up a crime in order to protect transgender rights. But was it true?
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Alok Vaid-Menon Is ‘Fighting for Trans Ordinariness’
The activist and social media star just wants to worry about basic things, not their safety.
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My Friend Is Trapped in a Nursing Home. What Can I Do?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on helping people who are institutionalized against their will.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistA Thief Returned My Stolen Bike. Do I Owe Him a Reward?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether every promise has to be kept.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistThe Best Chilaquiles You’ve Ever Had
The perfect breakfast of fried corn tortillas in salsa is always the one you just ate. This recipe is no exception.
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CreditChris Simpson for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophia Pappas. EatWhat I Saw When I Looked Inside My Own Body
Modern medicine is constantly showing us our guts and bones. Why doesn’t it feel more profound?
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Poem: Powerless Self-Judgement
Will Alexander’s visionary work achieves its effect through sound, not image.
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CreditIllustration by R. O. Blechman PoemJudge John Hodgman on Getting a Colonoscopy
What should you do with a husband who “doesn’t like doctors”?
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