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What Is Distance Learning For?

Ms. V did this with eighteen kids, every single day. How hard could it be for us to do it with one kid, our own?

Our Local Correspondents
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How New York Activists Revealed Police-Department Secrets

The widespread protests over George Floyd’s death helped prompt legislators to repeal a law known as Section 50-A, which kept police disciplinary records from public view.

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Living Through Turbulent Times with Jane Austen

How six unexpectedly far-ranging novels carried me through eight years, two births, one death, and a changing world.

Letter from Trump’s Washington
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Trump’s Losing, But Republicans Will Not Abandon Him

Most Republicans are staying behind the President, partly because he is an unusually vengeful politician who will go after those, such as Jeff Sessions, who he thinks cross him.

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Dept. of Design
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Andrew Cuomo’s Pandemic Poster

The governor’s latest civic-minded art work, “New York Tough,� reflects the same magical thinking that has characterized the country’s coronavirus response.

Tables for Two
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Ethiopian Tradition for the Vegan-Curious, at Ras Plant Based

At Romeo and Milka Regalli’s Crown Heights restaurant, vegan proteins stand in for meats, and tangy, fermented injera soaks up sauces spiked with traditional berbere spice or puckery lime.

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The Promising Results of a Citywide Basic-Income Experiment

A program in Stockton, California—historically, the foreclosure capital of the U.S.—has been providing an unconditional five hundred dollars per month to a group of residents.

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How to Extract a Mother’s Rogan Josh Recipe Over Zoom

Standing in her kitchen in Michigan, my mother finally walked me through the recipe, peering into the screen as I held it above the pot of sputtering oil, so that she could sign off on the exact shade of red.

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Lexicon for a Pandemic

“Maskhole,� “body Zoom-morphia,� and more neologisms for coronavirus communication.

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The Weekend Puzzle

They’re really big and they totally suck: ten letters.

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Should You Cancel Yourself? A Quiz

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Tally up your final score to find out.

What to Stream: “Jayhawkers,� a Thrillingly Analytical Drama of Wilt Chamberlain’s College Years

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During his years as a basketball star at the University of Kansas, Chamberlain also became an unofficial civil-rights leader.

July 16, 2020

Georgia Governor Orders Statewide Ban on Science

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Brian Kemp is also issuing a stay-at-home order for all residents planning a trip to a library or bookstore.

July 16, 2020

How a Poultry Mogul Is Profiting from the Pandemic

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As COVID-19 infections surged in meat-processing plants, Trump used executive orders to strip away worker protections—and to benefit one of his biggest donors.

July 16, 2020
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The Fresh Relevance of the Dance on Camera Festival

The festival, now in its forty-eighth year, will stream films including Susan Misner’s “Bend� and Khadifa Wong’s “Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance.�

A Critic at Large
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The Invention of the Police

Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.

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Jarvis Cocker Asks, “Must I Evolve?�

The Britpop icon and former Pulp front man chats about his thing for caves and his new record, “Beyond the Pale,� which just might have predicted the coronavirus lockdown.

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“Jack and Della�

“She couldn’t be seen walking down the street with him without damage to her reputation, a risk a teacher can’t take.�

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For Mountain Bikers, Crashing Has Its Own Allure

Three women in competitive mountain biking examine their relationships with falling, both on and off the course.

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Michaela Coel of “I May Destroy You,� and the State of the Biden Campaign

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Staff writers discuss how the Democratic Presidential candidate is handling one of the most tumultuous periods in modern times. Plus, a conversation with Coel about dramatizing sexual assault on television.

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