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When Bystanders Step Between the Police and Black Men

When Bystanders Step Between the Police and Black Men

You’ve seen the videos of deadly encounters. What effect can a witness have?
Can I Use My Adopted Child’s DNA to Find His Biological Parents?

Can I Use My Adopted Child’s DNA to Find His Biological Parents?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on protecting a child’s medical privacy while helping them learn about their past.
Poem #1022

Poem #1022

When the cold optics of domination are left unchallenged, the dead die twice. The cruel euphemism of profit and the…
Judge John Hodgman on Bagpipe School

Judge John Hodgman on Bagpipe School

Should a family be sentenced to a vacation at Gaelic College?
Awards Without Gender Categories? Celebrities Debate

Awards Without Gender Categories? Celebrities Debate

Nominees at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday were split on combining award show categories for…
The Best Looks From the Screen Actors Guild Awards

The Best Looks From the Screen Actors Guild Awards

On a night of many, many, many, (so many) stars, here are some outstanding red carpet moments.
Fur Sales Are Illegal in California. Does Anyone Care?

Fur Sales Are Illegal in California. Does Anyone Care?

The popularity of fur products had been diminishing in the state even before the new ban.
The Prison Letters Project: Considering Past Trauma

The Prison Letters Project: Considering Past Trauma

The case of Ivié DeMolina, convicted for her part in two murders, raises difficult questions about appropriate punishments for serious…
Tennis Bracelet, Anyone?

Tennis Bracelet, Anyone?

Chris Evert made them famous, and their simple, elegant designs have stood the test of time.
Tiny Love Stories: ‘This Man Who Shattered My Life’

Tiny Love Stories: ‘This Man Who Shattered My Life’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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