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Violence Shaped Charlize Theron. It Doesn’t Define Her.
The Oscar-winning actress on pain, healing and becoming an action hero.
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CreditDevin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times It’s an Obscure Psychedelic Used to Treat Trauma. Could It Help Me?
Veterans and others who have suffered trauma and injuries are flocking to clinics around the world to take ibogaine. My own reason was deeply personal.
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Lena Dunham Made Millennial Culture. Then She Was Undone by It.
The era of “Girls” is long gone, but its creator still has much to teach us.
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What We Lose When Everything Is ‘-Coded’
On the social internet, our fascination with analyzing the hidden messages in our culture has been flattened into one word.
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We Don’t Really Know How A.I. Works. That’s a Problem.
For us to trust it on certain subjects, researchers in the growing field of interpretability might need to learn how to open the black box of its brain.
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CreditIllustration by Max Guther ‘I Don’t Know If We Can Come Back From This’: The View From Inside Trump’s D.H.S.
Dozens of agents and officials share their stories about working in the Department of Homeland Security during the harsh crackdown on illegal immigration.
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CreditStephen Voss for The New York Times Takeaways From The Times’s Look Inside D.H.S.
Eighty current and former employees talked to us about the Trump administration’s relentless push for mass deportations.
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CreditAdam Gray/Associated Press The Rise and Fall and Rise of Michael Jackson
A new biopic is the latest move in the Jackson estate’s posthumous — and lucrative — rehabilitation campaign.
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Credit I Feel So Sorry for My A.I. Sunglasses
Plenty of people hate Mark Zuckerberg’s superintelligent, supercharged spectacles. I was ready to hate them, too.
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the ethicistMy Husband’s Illness Has Me Feeling Trapped. Do I Have to Stay?
I don’t feel morally that I could leave. But I have healthy years ahead and I wish to enjoy what’s left of my life.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
Judge John HodgmanShould You Procrastinate Productively — or by Having Fun?
A ruling on a dispute over the proper method of avoidance.
By John Hodgman
the ethicistMy Longtime Housekeeper’s Work Is Slipping. What Should I Do?
We know she depends on this income, and we have hesitated to raise the issue with her.
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the ethicistIs It OK to Lie in Order to Feed Hungry Families?
I worry that taking extra food for the people our organization serves means that others won’t get what they need.
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The InterviewLena Dunham Is Still Trying to Figure Out Why People Hated Her So Much
The writer, actor and lightning rod is not done sharing yet.
By David Marchese
What They Were Thinking‘It Was Survival Mode’: The Lunar Mission That Nearly Ended in Disaster
Fifty-six years ago, after a tense race to save the Apollo 13 crew, the astronauts finally splashed down safely. Here’s what flight directors who got them home remember.
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Judge John HodgmanForks in the Dishwasher — Tines Up or Down?
A ruling on a timeless marital dispute.
By John Hodgman
The ContextThe Next Phase of the Immigration Crackdown Is Quieter — and More Destabilizing
Self-deportation is an idea with deep roots. It’s making a comeback.
By Jia Lynn Yang
On LanguageHow Did ‘Gatekeeping’ Become a Cardinal Sin?
We decided that filtering information was malicious. That didn’t mean we stopped doing it.
By Nitsuh Abebe
Vegetative Patients May Be More Aware Than We Knew
New research is upending what we thought about the consciousness of patients, leaving families with agonizing choices.
By Katie Engelhart
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