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Biden Takes a Bow

Finally, Infrastructure Week is for real—and bipartisanship lives!

The Birth of Gay Rights in L.A.

Five men imagined a world in which they did not have to hide.

After the Lost Cause

Why are politics so consumed with the past?

“Summer of Soul” Pulses with Long-Silenced Beats

Questlove’s directorial début knits a wealth of unseen footage into a joyous whole.

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Spotlight

Learning to Love Goat Testicles

Pig head and goat offal are highlights of the menu at Dhamaka.

An Iranian Crime Story of Outrage and Wonder

“Crimson Gold” reveals hidden traumas of Iranian society.

Can Congress Insure Fair Elections?

A legal scholar discusses election subversion and voter suppression.

Nora Ephron’s “Heartburn” Is an Ideal Audiobook

Read by Meryl Streep, the book is what it always ought to have been.

What Is It Like to Be Dying?

A couple who work in palliative care share their experiences after one of them receives a terminal diagnosis.

People of Earth: Hello

Is the most powerful Thought Leader in your nation Tucker Carlson? Really?

Biology’s Image Detective

Elisabeth Bik has identified studies containing potentially doctored images.

The Weekend Puzzle

Author depicted in the Broadway musical “Finding Neverland”: eight letters.

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In Focus

The Coronavirus Crisis

Coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, from the science of vaccines to the culture of quarantine.

Racial Injustice and Policing

Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and the long history of racism in America.

Reopening and the Economy

The impact of the pandemic and the efforts at recovery.

Dept. of Returns

Stories of life after the vaccine.

From This Week’s Issue

Evan Osnos on Joe Manchin’s key vote, Margaret Talbot on the women who would be priests, Doreen St. Félix on Ziwe, and more.

June 28, 2021
Person looking at themselves in a mirror and applying makeup

“Pride and Joy,” by Nicole Rifkin.

Humor

I Wrote All My Own Raps

I’m building a legacy that will lead the next generation astray.

How to Expand Your Imagination

If nothing works, try something new, such as trying not to cry today.

Americans Shocked That Giuliani Had Law License

“I just thought he was some skeezy guy Trump met at a wedding or something.”

Joe Manchin Has a Plan

He’s thought it all out, probably.

Flirting or Polite: A Lesbian Game Show

A girl who passes you by on your way to work constantly compliments your outfits. Is she flirting?

Anthony Fauci, Lifeguard

The doctor is in, no matter what time of year.

Fiction & Poetry

“Offside Constantly”

“I was afraid sometimes that there was nothing wrong with me—that I was just trying to get my parents’ minds off my brother.”

“Life”

“I always say this but it’s true, there are / so many things / I don’t understand.”

Camille Bordas on Death and Doppelgängers

The author discusses her story from the latest issue of the magazine.

“Bioluminescence”

“There’s a dark so deep beneath the sea the creatures beget their own / light.”