Life
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World
The ‘Impossible Life’ of Equal Devotion to Art and Mothering
“Too much life enters this house,” Tillie Olsen, the writer, labor activist and mother of four daughters, wrote in a…
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World
My Boyfriend Said He’d Save Our Cat but Not a Stranger if Both Were Drowning
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether there is inherent value in human life more than any other kind of life.
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World
The Great Hypocrisy of the Pro-Life Movement
To understand the remarkable moral, political and intellectual collapse of the pro-life movement, look to the Alabama Supreme Court, not…
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World
In Defense of Never Learning How to Cook
I hated domesticity so much that for years, I lived happily without a kitchen. This $19 device helped me survive.
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World
Peter Eotvos, Hungarian Modernist Composer and Conductor, Dies at 80
A tireless advocate of contemporary music, he adapted literary sources both modern and classic, instilling his work with “inimitable character…
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Books
Deion Sanders Still Believes in ‘The Little Engine That Could’
Describe your ideal reading experience (when, where, what, how). Peace! I need my peace. I usually read in my office,…
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Economy
Life Magazine Will Come Back to, Well, Life
The investor Josh Kushner and his wife, Karlie Kloss, have struck a deal with Barry Diller’s media company to revive…
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World
The Health Moonshot Biden Can Campaign On
I began my public health career more than 20 years ago, at a time when H.I.V. was ravaging many countries…
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Books
This Jazz Legend Is His Own Work in Progress
The private musings of Sonny Rollins reveal an artist devoted to the rigors of self-improvement.
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World
Lawyer, Author and TikTok Star Spent 72 Years in an Iron Lung
Paul Alexander, who died at 78, was paralyzed with polio at age 6 and relied on the machine to breathe.…