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Down the Breitbart Hole
Steve Bannon once said it was the platform for the alt-right. Its current editors disagree. Is the incendiary media company at the nerve center of Donald Trump’s America simply provocative — or dangerous?
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Still Processing: Anguish and Anger Over Charlottesville
Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham discuss the violence in Charlottesville.
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Photo CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The Ethicist
Mom Left Me the House. What Do I Owe My Brothers?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to settle a family dispute over a will and whether to tell a stranger you have concerns about his health.
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Tiffany Haddish Doesn’t Think Comedy Is a Game
The star of “Girls Trip” on why she loves Lucille Ball and having very, very famous friends.
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First Words
Photo CreditIllustration by Derek Brahney America Is Struggling to Sort Out Where ‘Violence’ Begins and Ends
We argue over violent speech, violent deeds, structural violence, symbolic violence. Are we spoiling for a fight, or trying to prevent one?
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On Money
Photo CreditIllustration by Andrew Rae The Rise of the Fidget Spinner and the Fall of the Well-Managed Fad
In the evolution of toy crazes since Beanie Babies, an object lesson in how technology has thrown the consumer economy into chaos.
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Photo CreditCristina de Middel/Magnum, for The New York Times Why Was an Italian Graduate Student Tortured and Murdered in Egypt?
The strange twists in the case of Giulio Regeni’s disappearance in Cairo.
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On Dessert
Photo CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times Elevating the Humble Cookie
Pierre Hermé’s raspberry and rose sablés taste wonderfully complex, but making them is easy.
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Letter of Recommendation
Photo CreditSam Kaplan for The New York Times Letter of Recommendation: Gum
Gum chewing isn’t stimulating and addictive, like cigarette smoking. Its pleasure is closer to that of a pacifier.
