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I Got the J&J Vaccine Eight Days Ago. Here’s What I’m Actually Worried About.

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The Law

What It Feels Like When a Federal Court Gives Your Professor the Right to Misgender You

Mark Joseph Stern

Georgia’s Voting Legislation Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

Lawrence Norden and Gowri Ramachandran

Games

Why Sims Players Are Paying $5 to Dust Their Houses

Marissa Martinelli

20 Years Later

The Afghanistan War Has an Official End Date

Joshua Keating

Pandemic

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Amita Sudhir

How to Do It

My Husband Finally Revealed His Deepest Sexual Desire—and I’m Losing It

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How Do I Parent Through Depression?

Care and Feeding

I’ve Dug About 40 People Out of Avalanches. Only One Survived.

David Epstein

Policing

Republicans Are Out of the Mainstream on Race

William Saletan

Is Derek Chauvin’s Defense Flailing?

Mary Harris

Can Newark Maintain its Hard-Earned Police Reforms?

J. Brian Charles

Should I let my husband continue to cheat?

Help! My Twin Dyed Her Hair Bright Orange to “Stand Out” at My Wedding.

Help! My Niece’s Email Address Is a Racial Slur.

Help! My Boyfriend Says I’m “Only an 8.5.”

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The Supreme Court Broke Its Own Rules to Radically Redefine Religious Liberty

Mark Joseph Stern

“I Do Not Trust People”: Workers Are Really, Really Not Ready for Offices Again

Alison Green

Between Service and Survival

I quit medicine in 2019. And then the pandemic happened.

Chrissie DyBuncio

A Different Theory of COVID-19’s Origin

Mary Harris

Culture

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What Really Made DMX Such a Singular Star

Jack Hamilton

Why Sims Players Are Paying $5 to Dust Their Houses

Marissa Martinelli

How Larry Doby’s Integration Story Differed From Jackie Robinson’s

Hang Up and Listen

How Health Care Workers Got Creative During the Pandemic

Isaac Butler

John Oliver Looks Into the Long-Term Care Industry

Matthew Dessem

The Best Sketches From Carey Mulligan’s SNL Episode

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The Creator of “This Is White Privilege” Wouldn’t Do It Again

Rachelle Hampton and Madison Malone Kircher

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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Should I Take Tylenol After My COVID Shot? Can I Drink a Beer?

Jane C. Hu

What Amazon Got Away With

Grace Pezzella and Sejal Singh

I Got the J&J Vaccine Eight Days Ago. Here’s What I’m Actually Worried About.

Susan Matthews

A Different Theory of COVID-19’s Origin

Mary Harris

Inflation Is About to Look Freaky

Jordan Weissmann

Spending the Day at a Vaccine Site Reminded Me Why I Quit Medicine

Chrissie DyBuncio

What My Vaccinated Doctor Friends and I Have Been Doing for Months

Amita Sudhir

Georgia’s Voting Law Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

Lawrence Norden and Gowri Ramachandran

Human Interest

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Gender-Affirming Care Doesn’t Just Help Trans Youth Survive. It Allows Them to Flourish.

Alexander Chen

My Husband Finally Revealed His Deepest Sexual Desire—and I’m Losing It

Stoya

The Invisible Complexities of Translation

Lexicon Valley

Help! I Caught My Husband Cheating, but I’m Not Sure I Want Him to Stop.

Danny M. Lavery

I Was Lost at Sea for 438 Days on a Boat the Size of an SUV. Here’s How I Survived.

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Dear Care and Feeding: How Do I Parent Through Depression?

Doyin Richards

Help! My Twin Dyed Her Hair Bright Orange to “Stand Out” at My Wedding.

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News & Politics

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National Review Comes Out Against Democracy, Explicitly

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Biden Can’t Let Netanyahu Sabotage the Iran Nuclear Deal

Fred Kaplan

Biden Will Pull the Last U.S. Troops Out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11

Joshua Keating

The Lab Leak Theory

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The Bizarre Saga of a Stolen Confederate Memorial Held for Ransom

Molly Olmstead

“Shadow Dockets” Are Normal. But the Way SCOTUS Is Using Them Is a Problem.

Steve Vladeck

Is Derek Chauvin’s Defense Flailing?

Mary Harris

What It Feels Like When a Federal Court Gives Your Professor the Right to Misgender You

Mark Joseph Stern

I Got the J&J Vaccine Eight Days Ago. Here’s What I’m Actually Worried About.

Biden Has a Bibi Problem

A Different Theory of COVID-19’s Origin

Inflation Is About to Look Freaky

What Amazon Got Away With

Spending the Day at a Vaccine Site Reminded Me Why I Quit Medicine

The Law

What It Feels Like When a Federal Court Gives Your Professor the Right to Misgender You

Georgia’s Voting Legislation Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

Games

Why Sims Players Are Paying $5 to Dust Their Houses

20 Years Later

The Afghanistan War Has an Official End Date

Pandemic

What My Vaccinated Doctor Friends and I Have Been Doing for Months

How to Do It

My Husband Finally Revealed His Deepest Sexual Desire—and I’m Losing It

New president. New court. We’re ready for what’s next.

How Do I Parent Through Depression?

I’ve Dug About 40 People Out of Avalanches. Only One Survived.

Policing

Republicans Are Out of the Mainstream on Race

Is Derek Chauvin’s Defense Flailing?

Can Newark Maintain its Hard-Earned Police Reforms?

Should I let my husband continue to cheat?

Help! My Twin Dyed Her Hair Bright Orange to “Stand Out” at My Wedding.

Help! My Niece’s Email Address Is a Racial Slur.

Help! My Boyfriend Says I’m “Only an 8.5.”

Help! My Mother-in-Law Insists on Cooking—but She’s Awful at It.

My Boyfriend Doesn’t Seem to Want This Part of Sex—Really?

What It Feels Like When a Federal Court Gives Your Professor the Right to Misgender You

Georgia’s Voting Law Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

Biden Can’t Let Netanyahu Sabotage the Iran Nuclear Deal

What Amazon Got Away With

I Got the J&J Vaccine Eight Days Ago. Here’s What I’m Actually Worried About.

Biden Will Pull the Last U.S. Troops Out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11

The Supreme Court Broke Its Own Rules to Radically Redefine Religious Liberty

“I Do Not Trust People”: Workers Are Really, Really Not Ready for Offices Again

Between Service and Survival

A Different Theory of COVID-19’s Origin

What Really Made DMX Such a Singular Star

Why Sims Players Are Paying $5 to Dust Their Houses

How Larry Doby’s Integration Story Differed From Jackie Robinson’s

How Health Care Workers Got Creative During the Pandemic

John Oliver Looks Into the Long-Term Care Industry

The Best Sketches From Carey Mulligan’s SNL Episode

The Creator of “This Is White Privilege” Wouldn’t Do It Again

Should I Take Tylenol After My COVID Shot? Can I Drink a Beer?

What Amazon Got Away With

I Got the J&J Vaccine Eight Days Ago. Here’s What I’m Actually Worried About.

A Different Theory of COVID-19’s Origin

Inflation Is About to Look Freaky

Spending the Day at a Vaccine Site Reminded Me Why I Quit Medicine

What My Vaccinated Doctor Friends and I Have Been Doing for Months

Georgia’s Voting Law Will Make Elections Easier to Hack

Gender-Affirming Care Doesn’t Just Help Trans Youth Survive. It Allows Them to Flourish.

My Husband Finally Revealed His Deepest Sexual Desire—and I’m Losing It

The Invisible Complexities of Translation

Help! I Caught My Husband Cheating, but I’m Not Sure I Want Him to Stop.

I Was Lost at Sea for 438 Days on a Boat the Size of an SUV. Here’s How I Survived.

Dear Care and Feeding: How Do I Parent Through Depression?

Help! My Twin Dyed Her Hair Bright Orange to “Stand Out” at My Wedding.

National Review Comes Out Against Democracy, Explicitly

Biden Can’t Let Netanyahu Sabotage the Iran Nuclear Deal

Biden Will Pull the Last U.S. Troops Out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11

The Lab Leak Theory

The Bizarre Saga of a Stolen Confederate Memorial Held for Ransom

“Shadow Dockets” Are Normal. But the Way SCOTUS Is Using Them Is a Problem.

Is Derek Chauvin’s Defense Flailing?

What It Feels Like When a Federal Court Gives Your Professor the Right to Misgender You