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My Kids Look White. Does My Thai Father Make Them Asian?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on representing multiracial heritage, especially when the details are complex.
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New Drugs Can Fix Teenage Obesity, but Young People Don’t Get Them
Pediatricians are hesitating to prescribe medicines like Wegovy, citing their newness and uncertainties around them.
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The Year of the Mega Sleeve
Raglan, fluted, leg o’ mutton, bishop, puffed, balloon — whatever you want to call them, we wore them.
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I Have to Buy New Jeans. Help!
A reader seeks guidance for navigating the overwhelming and environmentally destructive denim market.
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The Devastation of Disinheritance
This essay is part of a Modern Love project on the intersection of money and relationships. In 2017, eight years…
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My Dead Relative May Have Been a Racist Gangster. How Can I Help His Kids?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to support family amid troubling circumstances.
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U.S. Life Expectancy Creeps Up as Covid Deaths Fall
But the country’s health has not fully rebounded from the pandemic, according to new data from the C.D.C.
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We Spied on Our Teenage Daughter With a Hidden Camera. Now What Do We Do?
Parents who installed a camera in the eye of their daughter’s stuffed bear ask how — and whether — to…
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The Chicken Tycoons vs. the Antitrust Hawks
At Kentucky Fried Chicken, sales tend to peak at the same time every year: Mother’s Day. This has been the…
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Martin Scorsese’s Unwise Guys
From Travis Bickle to the protagonist of “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the director has excelled at depicting a certain…