Families Are Reuniting for Their First Post-Vax Thanksgiving. Here’s Some Advice.
Even before the Covid pandemic, Thanksgiving could be an emotional minefield for many families. Tensions over the 2016 presidential election led …
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Tom Brady Says He Hasn’t Reached Retirement Decision
Tom Brady is not ready to announce what’s next for him after 22 N.F.L. seasons and seven Super Bowl rings. In his first public comments since …
A One-Pot Matzo Ball Chicken Soup, Ready to Comfort
During my long career writing about Jewish cooking, I’ve focused on finding lost recipes. But recently, a recipe found me. Hanukkah begins on the …
Why Sex-Positive Feminism Is Falling Out of Fashion
In her new book, “The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century,” the philosopher Amia Srinivasan, who is quickly becoming one of the …
Volcanic Eruptions Helped Dinosaurs Dominate Planet Earth
The relationship between dinosaurs and volcanoes has historically not always appeared so amiable. For decades, scientists argued over whether …
The Lessons of Brooklyn Tech
For many years I lived across the street from Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan’s elite public school, and I would sometimes get a ride from a …
The Supreme Court, Weaponized
When the Supreme Court overturned a 41-year precedent three years ago and ruled that public employees have a right under the First Amendment’s …
Four Months, 5,000 Miles: A Refugee Puppet Looks for Home
LONDON — A dozen puppeteers were crouched in a rehearsal room here studying the every move of a cheeky eight-year-old girl named Tamara, who was …
Multinationals in Ukraine are ready for a conflict but staying put.
Big American and European companies operating on the ground in Ukraine said Friday that they had contingency plans at the ready in case of a …
People with Omicron are less likely to need hospitalization, U.K. report finds.
LONDON — People who contracted the Omicron variant of the coronavirus were about half as likely to need hospital care as those infected with the …