The Failed Promise of Police Body Cameras
U.S. taxpayers spent millions to fund what was supposed to be a revolution in accountability. What went wrong?
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The 12.17.23 Issue
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Credit ‘Starting Soon, Nerds’: Levy Rozman Wants to Teach You Chess
He sacrificed his grandmaster dreams to become one of the game’s most popular personalities.
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CreditChris Buck for The New York Times They Worked Together as Peace Activists. Oct. 7 Changed Everything.
Tamar Shamir and Mohamed Abu Jafar tried for years to bring Jews and Palestinians together. Now they wonder if they ever understood each other.
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CreditVia Ahmed Abu Jafar and Yoss Stybel Provocative Sex Is Back at the Movies. But Are We Ready for It?
After an awkward MeToo hiatus, ‘May December’ and other films are showing intimacy in messy, complicated ways again.
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David Byrne Isn’t Himself. Or Any Self, Really.
“It’s all about me, me, me. That’s what you think, but everything you’re saying is coming from people around you,” says the musician.
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CreditMamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times TalkI Live in California. What Do I Owe Climate-Denying Kentuckians?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the duty citizens have to support one another, even across political divides.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistIs the Way Men Talk About Fashion About to Undergo Another Sea Change?
How two “grown dirtbags” are reshaping men’s wear.
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CreditPhoto illustration by Najeebah Al-Ghadban ScreenlandAdd a Little Zing to Your Classic Christmas Ham
This recipe, just like the holiday itself, draws elements from a number of sources.
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CreditLinda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas. EatI’ve Never Watched Anything as Transformative as ‘Sailor Moon’
The show is about friendship, yes, and also liberation that does not match the world’s expectations of femininity.
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