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Searching with the Mothers of Mexico’s Disappeared

More than seventy thousand people have disappeared in Mexico, victims of drug-related violence. Their loved ones are grieving, searching, and, now, keeping their distance.

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U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting.

Trump’s Attempt to Obscure the Reality of the Pandemic Is Getting Comical

The President, having restarted his regular coronavirus briefings, is again the Administration’s primary spokesperson on the pandemic. The consequences are, by turns, absurd and alarming.

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Kate Zambreno.

Kate Zambreno’s Present Tense

The fragmentary novel is everywhere. For a self-portraitist like Zambreno, it becomes a medium for exploring the difficulty of sustaining a self.

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Nneka Ogwumike and the W.N.B.A.’s Big Moment

Amid a global pandemic and nationwide protests, the W.N.B.A. is playing basketball in a bubble. Ogwumike is trying to make sure it succeeds.

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How a Cheese Goes Extinct

When you talk with aficionados, it usually doesn’t take long for the conversation to veer away from curds, whey, and mold, and toward matters of life and death.

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Stuart Stevens speaks to reporters.

Why Stuart Stevens Wants to Defeat Donald Trump

The longtime Republican strategist discusses his opposition to Donald Trump, his involvement in the Lincoln Project ad campaign, and why he thinks Mitt Romney would have made a great President.

Letter from the U.K.
Two laughing gas canisters in greenery at a park

The Laughing-Gas Wars of London

Whatever the reason—ostentatious littering, the mad desire for a furtive lockdown high—nitrous-oxide cannisters are ubiquitous in London this summer.

Kitchen Notes
Five raw hot dogs.

Hear Me Out: Hot-Dog Salad

Hot dogs and hamburgers are so simple to cook and yet so strangely difficult to repurpose as leftovers.

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How Police Unions Fight Reform

Activists insist that police departments must change. For half a century, New York City’s P.B.A. has successfully resisted such demands.

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A Moderately Challenging Puzzle

Disingenuous response to an unwanted text: fourteen letters.

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The Personal Side of an East German Spy’s Defection in “Betrayal”

Various portraits of a man.

The short documentary is full of espionage and intrigue, but, at its core, it is a story about those who get left behind.

2:00 P.M.

Hinder: A Dating App for Emotionally Unavailable Men

Fitness Fred's dating profile on Hinder.

Swipe right to meet Fitness Fred, Fragile-Ego Fergus, and other charming chaps who don’t have time for you and can never really be reached.

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Americans Support Using U.S. Postal Service to Ship Trump to Different Address

 US Postal Service truck drives down Pennsylvania Avenue, with the US Capitol in the background.

Americans agreed that, after a new President is inaugurated on January 20th, Trump should be left on the curb outside the White House for pickup by a local mail carrier.

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Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, August 5th

The President will take it from here.

A Non-Hiker’s Terms and Conditions for Hiking

Group of people hiking in countryside.

This is a legally binding agreement entered into by the Friend Who Hikes Often (you) and the Friend Whose iPhone Autocorrects “Hike” to “Joke” (me).

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Drive in movie theatre.

The Return of the Drive-In

With New York movie theatres closed, drive-ins, including the Warwick, upstate, and the Skyline, in Greenpoint, are thriving, offering familiar films and such new releases as “Relic” and “She Dies Tomorrow.”

Books
Buttocks and arm.

Rethinking the Science of Skin

What is all the scrubbing, soaping, moisturizing, and deodorizing really doing for the body’s largest organ?

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Protest Delivered the Nineteenth Amendment

The amendment, ratified a century ago, is often described as having “given” women the right to vote. It wasn’t a gift; it was a hard-won victory achieved after more than seventy years of suffragist agitation.

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“Heirlooms”

“So, Mitsuko says, how long have you been sleeping with my son? Or is it casual? Not really, I say.”

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How A Spy's Defection Changed His Son's Life

The fallout from an East German spy's defection to the West continues to be felt by his son, Andy Stiller Hudson, who grew up without knowing about his father, or his career with the Stasi.

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The Power of Police Unions

Rows of police officers with their backs turned against a politician.

William Finnegan on what the repeal of an arcane law reveals about the conflict among police, protesters, and politicians. Plus, an interview with the mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot.

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